Brian Labude

CURRENT W-L Records -Buffalo Bisons: 29-42 -New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 29-38 -Vancouver Canadians: 37-30 -Dunedin Blue Jays: 34-32 -FCL Blue Jays: 20-15 -DSL Blue Jays Blue: 4-9 -DSL Blue Jays Red: 5-8 Transactions 06/20/25 - Toronto Blue Jays optioned LF Will Robertson to Buffalo Bisons. 06/20/25 - Toronto Blue Jays optioned LHP Justin Bruihl to Buffalo Bisons. 06/20/25 - RHP Colby Martin assigned to Vancouver Canadians from Dunedin Blue Jays. 06/19/25 - Buffalo Bisons placed LF RJ Schreck on the 7-day injured list. 06/19/25 - Buffalo Bisons activated 3B Damiano Palmegiani. 06/19/25 - DSL Blue Jays Blue activated C Franklin Rojas from the 7-day injured list. 06/19/25 - LHP Grif Hughes assigned to FCL Blue Jays. Buffalo Bisons Buffalo (4), Worcester (9) - 6/19 Box Score In the Thursday tilt between Buffalo and Worcester, the Bisons struck first. They started to get a string of hits together in the second inning in the form of a double by Joey Loperfido, an RBI double from Yohendrick Pinango, and an RBI single from Ali Sánchez. In the bottom of the third, things unraveled though. Trayce Thompson drove in a run with a double and then Blake Sabol drove three runs in with a triple. In the fourth, the Red Sox were back at it, scoring four more runs on four hits and a walk. Buffalo tried to rally in the sixth, scoring two runs on a Loperfido RBI single and a Pinango RBI groundout. The Red Sox would add one more on a Corey Rosier home run in the seventh and win this one 9-4. Joey Loperfido- 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 2B Kevin Gowdy- 1 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K Buffalo (1), Worcester (7) - 6/20 Box Score Friday night saw the Buffalo Bisons jump out to the early lead again. This time it was on an RBI double from Leo Jiménez. Like some previous games, the Bisons did not capitalize on the momentum from the early lead. The Red Sox tied it up in the bottom of the second on a Seby Zavala double. They then took the lead one inning later, when Blaze Jordan hit a rocket single to center field. Things went quiet for a few innings until an RBI single from the Red Sox scored two more and put their lead at three. In the bottom of the seventh, the Red Sox continued the onslaught, as they would score two runs on a Jordan triple and finish off the scoring with a sacrifice fly. It was another hard day for Buffalo with the bats, losing this one 7-1. Leo Jiménez- 2-4, 0 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 2B Adam Macko- 4 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K New Hampshire Fisher Cats New Hampshire (1), Somerset (5) - 6/19 Box Score Thursday's game pitted the New Hampshire bats against a tough righty from Somerset, Carlos Lagrange. It was a monumental failure for New Hampshire, a truly terrible day. Lagrange only went 5 1/3 innings, but it was one of, if not the best, pitching performances in the minor leagues this season. The Fisher Cats only got three hits, two walks, and one run against him. Twelve of the 16 outs he recorded came via the strikeout. He stuck out all nine batters in the lineup once and then Dasan Brown, Devonte Brown, and Eddinson Paulino a second time. The only run New Hampshire would get was on a Ryan McCarty single, scoring Charles McAdoo in the sixth. On the flip side, Grant Rogers took the mound and was very good himself. He went six innings, only allowing four hits and a walk. Unfortunately for New Hampshire, the error bug came back out for the Fisher Cats and Rogers gave up three runs (two of which were unearned). The highlight of the scoring for Somerset against Rogers was a solo home run by high rising prospect George Lombard Jr. Somerset added two runs in the eighth on a home run from Rafael Flores and an RBI double from Cole Gabrielson. New Hampshire went down in this one without a fight, 5-1. Ryan McCarty: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 K Grant Rogers: 6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K New Hampshire (5), Somerset (7) - 6/20 Box Score New Hampshire looked to get back in the winning column on Friday night against Somerset. The Fisher Cats got on the scoreboard quickly in the bottom of the first inning, Gabriel Martinez singled home Cade Doughty and Charles McAdoo, who had walked and doubled respectively. They gave one back to Somerset in the next half inning from Tyler Hardman's single. The big power bat from Somerset, Spencer Jones, tied the game up on a blast in the top of the third. In the top of the fourth, Somerset scored four on three straight doubles and then Spencer Jones’ single. All four were unearned runs, after Jay Harry kept the inning going with an error. New Hampshire cut into the lead with three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. McAdoo singled home Harry and Doughty, aided by a Spencer Jones error in left field. Jace Bohrofen then doubled, scoring McAdoo and bringing New Hampshire to within one run of Somerset. A passed ball in the sixth extended Somerset's lead by one. New Hampshire never got anything else going and fell again to Somerset, this time 7-5. Charles McAdoo: 2-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 2B, 1 SB Nate Garkow: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K Vancouver Canadians Vancouver (9), Eugene (5) - 6/19 Box Score In a must-win game for the Canadians to continue to have the chance to clinch the first-half title, the Canadians offense went out in full force. They went up early with a Je’Von Ward double to score Cutter Coffey and Arjun Nimmala in the first, and then Aaron Parker hit a two-run bomb to make it 4-0 for the Canadians. Chris McElvain wasn’t sharp as he gave up five runs in two and a third innings pitched to give Emeralds the lead. Pat Gallagher came in to replace him, and pitched well, not allowing a single run in three and a thirds innings. Carter Cunningham came up in the sixth with Eddie Micheletti Jr. on base and took the lead back with a two-run homer, and then in the eighth inning the Canadians scored three more runs. The Canadians combined for 12 hits and six walks with four stolen bases, however the Everett AquaSox also won their game, which guaranteed them the first-half title as they had the tiebreaker between the Canadians and themselves, but it was a valiant effort from the Canadians, who went 20-3 to end the first-half. Carter Cunningham - 3-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR, 2 SB Pat Gallagher - 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K Vancouver (1), Eugene (4) - 6/20 Box Score It was a close game for the first six and a half innings, as although Nick Goodwin broke the tie in the top of the second with a solo homer, Vaun Brown hit a sac fly to tie it up immediately after. The game remained tied until the bottom of the second inning, as JJ Sanchez lost his command along with some really shaky defense behind him which resulted in a bunt scoring in a run for the Emeralds to take the lead, as well as a few stolen bases. Jonah Cox came up with two outs and hit an inside the park homer to make it 4-1 for the Emeralds, and the Canadians offense couldn’t muster up anything else. Arjun Nimmala had a two-hit night and Sean Keys had his 14th double of the season, but other than those two and Goodwin, the offense was very quiet. Fernando Perez - 5 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K Perez continues to be solid for the Canadians, lowering his season ERA to 4.06 and showcasing his strong command, walking no batters. Nick Goodwin - 1-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR Goodwin hit his career high tenth homer of the season, which makes him the second Canadian to have double-digit home runs behind Arjun Nimmala. Dunedin Blue Jays Dunedin (7), Clearwater (2) - 6/19 Box Score The D-Jays earned a strong victory against the Threshers off the backs of strong performances from Peyton Powell and Austin Cates. Bryce Arnold knocked in the first run in the third inning to score Kendry Chirinos, and Peyton Powell hit his first pro homer in the top of the next inning. In the sixth inning, Tucker Toman continued his hot month with another RBI single. Speedy Lizandro Rodriguez stole home for the fourth run of the game, and then Powell knocked in two more runs with his third hit of the game to make it 6-0. Sam Shaw joined in on the fun, scoring Powell with an RBI single to make it seven unanswered for the Jays. Gilberto Batista was solid in relief after Cates, but allowed two runs to score in the bottom of the ninth, which forced Nate LaRue in, who got the last out to end the game. Peyton Powell - 3-5, 3 R, 3 RBI, 1 2B, 1 HR Powell had his best game of his short career, with his first professional homer and his first three-hit game. The 24-year old is old for the level but has been a very productive hitter in the first half of the season. Austin Cates - 5 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 7 K After the promotion of Trey Yesavage, Khal Stephen and Gage Stanifer, Austin Cates has stepped up and anchored the starting rotation for the D-Jays. Since May 11th, Cates has only allowed one earned run or less for a 1.30 ERA. Dunedin (0), Clearwater (1) - 6/20 Box Score The Blue Jays and the Threshers had a classic pitching duel, as Landen Maroudis got his second start in Dunedin this season, and pitched four scoreless innings. Clearwater starter Ryan Degges also pitched a strong game, with the Jays only threatening with a runner on second and third with two outs in the top of the second inning, but Edward Duran ended up lining out. Degges went seven scoreless innings himself, and on the Jays end, Elander Alcalde lowered his ERA to 1.54 with two no-hit innings. Johan Simon came in, and he gave up the winning run in the seventh inning on a balk, as Kevin Warunek for the Threshers got the save with two scoreless innings. Bryce Arnold - 2-3, 1 BB Landen Maroudis - 4 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K Maroudis still has depressed velocity, sitting just 90-92 on the fastball as he’s still not fully recovered from his surgery, but he mixed his pitches really well and suppressed hard contact. If his velocity returns to where it was pre-elbow surgery, he’ll be back on the breakout path. FCL Blue Jays F-BLU (5), F-TIG (11) - 6/19 Box Score Brandon Barriera got the start for the Blue Jays squad and it went about as poorly or worse than his last rehab start. He walked the first batter, hit the second batter, and finally got an out by striking out the third hitter of the game. Unfortunately, it went more sideways from there. Two wild pitches later and a run would score, giving the Tigers team the lead to start this one. Barriera would then give up an RBI single to center field, get a fly out, and then give up another base runner on a single again. After he was pulled, the Tigers team drove in two runs immediately on a two-run RBI double after another wild pitch. A walk and another RBI single would put the Tigers up five before the Blue Jays could hit. In the bottom of the first, Andres Arias would drive in two runs with a single and Drew Jemison would add a run on a groundout to bring the deficit to two for the Blue Jays. They would score on an RBI double from Alex De Jesus in the bottom of the fourth. The Tigers would run away with the game from there, as they added two home runs, one being an inside-the-park homer. The Blue Jays fell in this one 11-5. Andres Arias- 2-3, 0 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K Holden Wilkerson- 4 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K F-BLU (4), F-YAN (3) - 6/20 Box Score The Blue Jays team jumped out in front, in this game with the Yankees. David Beckles roped an RBI triple in the first and Andres Arias added a run when the Yankees threw the ball around, allowing a run to score on the error. In the third, the Yankees got on the board with an RBI double and tied the game with a sacrifice fly. The Yankees took the lead in the sixth from an Ediel Rivera sacrifice fly. Alex De Jesus pushed across a run for the Blue Jays on a ground out, then a wild pitch to go with a throwing error in the eighth allowed the Blue Jays to score the winning run. They won this one 4-3. Dariel Ramon- 3-5, 1 R, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K Diego Dominguez- 3 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K DSL Blue Jays Blue D-BJB (5), D-WSX (1) F/7 - 6/19 Box Score Franklin Rojas got the scoring started in the bottom of the first for BJB against WSX on Thursday. His single would score Rafael Flores from second base and give BJB the 1-0 lead. After WSX tied the game up in the third, BJB took the lead back in the bottom half with a single from Angel Guzman, scoring Esmeiquel Arrieche. In the bottom of the fifth, BJB's lead grew by one from a blast by Flores, his first home run of the season. They added two more runs in the bottom of the sixth on a Rojas sacrifice fly and a balk that scored Flores. BJB took the game by a score of 5-1. Rafael Flores: 2-4, 3 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR Deiker Pineda: 5 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 K D-BJB (8), D-ARB (2) - 6/20 - Game 1 Box Score BJB played a doubleheader Friday against the Arizona Black (ARB) team. BJB had two big innings in the game, in which they scored three runs in each. In the bottom of the first, Cristopher Polanco and Rafael Flores scored on Darwin Núñez's single and Franklin Rojas scored on a wild pitch. In the bottom of the fifth, Rojas singled in a run, then would eventually score on a wild pitch. The last run of the inning came from Núñez's double, scoring Juarlin Soto. They tacked on two more runs in the sixth, on their way to an easy 6-2 win. Darwin Núñez: 3-3, 3 RBI, 1 2B Angel Rivero: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K D-BJB (1), D-ARB (5) - 6/20 - Game 2 Box Score In the second game of the doubleheader, BJB did not have as good of a game. Down 3-0 in the top of the fifth, BJB loaded the bases and cashed in a run on a single from Rafael Flores, scoring Elian Reyes. Angel Guzman then grounded out to end the best scoring threat they had for the game. In the seventh, BJB got two men on, but Guzman again grounded out and ended the game with them losing 5-1. Rafael Flores: 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 K Manuel Suero: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K DSL Blue Jays Red D-BJR (5), D-ANG (4) - 6/19 Box Score BJR took on the Angels DSL team Thursday morning. They racked up a ton of hits in this one, 12 and fought hard throughout the game. In the top of the second inning, they got three singles to load the bases, before Elaineiker Coronado doubled home all three runners. In the top of the fourth, Kennew Blanco did more damage via a double that scored Coronado and Juan Sanchez. ANG got the lead down to one in the seventh, with an RBI groundout and a run that scored from a throwing error by the catcher on a stolen base attempt. BJR held on late and won this game 5-4. Nestor Urbina: 4-5, 1 R, 2 2B Victor Espiritu: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K D-BJR (3), D-GIO (5) - 6/20 Box Score Down 4-0 in the top of the seventh inning, BJR finally started to get things going and got on the scoreboard. Pascual Archila walked, would end up on second base after an error on a pick off attempt, and then scored when Nestor Urbina singled to center field. In the top of the eighth, the power was on display, with Juan Sanchez and Kennew Blanco hitting back-to-back home runs, cutting their deficit to one. GIO added an insurance run in the eighth and BJB went down in order in the bottom of the ninth, losing 5-4. Juan Sanchez: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR Miguel Pantoja: 4 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Day Pitcher of the Period: RHP Grant Rogers (New Hampshire): 6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K Hitter of the Period: SS Rafael Flores (DSL Blue Jays Red): 6-10, 5 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 HR Prospect Summary (Last 2 Days) Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Hitters Rank Player Team PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS 1 Arjun Nimmala Vancouver 10 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 5 Alan Roden MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Orelvis Martinez Buffalo 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11 Yohendrick Pinango Buffalo 8 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 13 Josh Kasevich Dunedin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Jonatan Clase MLB 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 17 RJ Schreck Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Sam Shaw Dunedin 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 20 Victor Arias Vancouver 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Pitchers Rank Player Team BF G GS IP H HR ER BB K 2 Trey Yesavage New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Ricky Tiedemann Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Khal Stephen Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Johnny King FCL Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Kendry Rojas Dunedin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Landen Maroudis Dunedin 14 1 1 4 1 0 0 2 3 10 Gage Stanifer Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Jake Bloss Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Juaron Watts-Brown New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Adam Macko Buffalo 17 1 1 4 4 0 2 0 5 18 Brandon Barriera FCL Jays 6 1 1 0.2 2 0 4 1 1 View full article

Trey YesavageRicky TiedemannArjun NimmalaOrelvis MartinezAlan RodenGage StaniferJohnny KingKhal StephenYohendrick PinangoBrandon BarrieraLanden MaroudisKendry RojasJuaron Watts-BrownAdam MackoRJ SchreckSam ShawVictor AriasGilberto BatistaAndres AriasEddinson Paulino

Trey YesavageRicky TiedemannArjun NimmalaOrelvis MartinezAlan RodenGage StaniferJohnny KingKhal StephenYohendrick PinangoBrandon BarrieraLanden MaroudisKendry RojasJuaron Watts-BrownAdam MackoRJ SchreckSam ShawVictor AriasGilberto BatistaAndres AriasEddinson Paulino

CURRENT W-L Records -Buffalo Bisons: 28-37 -New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 28-33 -Vancouver Canadians: 33-28 -Dunedin Blue Jays: 31-29 -FCL Blue Jays: 18-12 -DSL Blue Jays Blue: 2-6 -DSL Blue Jays Red: 4-5 Transactions 06/13/25 - Buffalo Bisons activated 3B Will Wagner from the 7-day injured list. 06/13/25 - Toronto Blue Jays sent RHP Max Scherzer on a rehab assignment to Buffalo Bisons. 06/13/25 - Dunedin Blue Jays sent 2B J.R. Freethy on a rehab assignment to FCL Blue Jays. 06/12/25 - Toronto Blue Jays sent RHP Nick Sandlin on a rehab assignment to Buffalo Bisons. 06/12/25 - DSL Blue Jays Red activated RHP Jhon Rivas from the restricted list. 06/12/25 - RHP Trey Yesavage assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Vancouver Canadians. Buffalo Bisons Buffalo (1), Columbus (7) - 6/12 Box Score Thursday night baseball wasn't much fun unless you were the Columbus Clippers. Parker Messick pitched four great innings for Columbus, holding Buffalo to just three hits, two walks, and no runs. On the other hand, Adam Kloffenstein and Nick Sandlin were lit up by Columbus’ offense. Columbus would hit two home runs in the first; the second one was a 457-foot bomb by Jhonkensy Noel. The homers didn't stop there, as they would hit two more in the sixth off of Sandlin; again, Noel was at it, blasting a 419-foot home run this time. Joey Loperfido would drive in the lone Buffalo run in the seventh on a double, as they would lose this one 7-1. Michael Stefanic- 2-4, 1 R, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, 2 2B Paxton Schultz- 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K Buffalo (6), Columbus (5) - 6/13 Box Score In the Friday night contest between Buffalo and Columbus, all eyes were on Max Scherzer making a rehab start. He started the game well, needing only nine pitches to get through the first inning and only surrendering a double. In the second inning, he started off by giving up a home run to C.J. Kayfus on a fastball over the middle of the plate. He finished the inning strong though, striking out the last two batters of the inning and using all of his pitches. In the third, it was another quick inning for Scherzer, as he was peppering the strike zone all night. In the fourth, he got into some trouble with a leadoff double, a single, and a sacrifice fly. He finished the inning well though. He came out for one batter in the fifth and got him swinging for his fourth strikeout. Offensively, Joey Loperfido had an RBI single in the first and an RBI double in the third. With the score tied at two, Kyle Datres and Phil Clarke traded home runs in the seventh to see the score still tied. The eighth inning saw Columbus take a one-run lead on an RBI single. Not to go quietly, Buffalo tied the game in the ninth via a sacrifice fly and a Will Wagner double. Riley Tirotta legged out an infield single to second base for the walk-off win. Phill Clarke- 2-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HR Max Scherzer- 4.1 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K New Hampshire Fisher Cats New Hampshire (7), Reading (9) - 6/12 Box Score Thursday night was a special game for Toronto Blue Jays and New Hampshire fans, Trey Yesavage made his Double-A debut. He started off shaky, walking the first three batters he faced to load the bases. He worked his way out of the jam by getting a pop-up, a fly out to right that would score one run, and another pop-up. It was mostly smooth sailing for him from there, getting four strikeouts and not allowing another run for the next three innings. He would depart after the fourth inning, having thrown 68 pitches and having a 2-1 lead on the back of Eddinson Paulino's two-run home run in the top of the third. Yesavage gave way to Grayson Thurman in the fifth, who struggled immediately. He gave up five runs in the inning, highlighted by Alex Binelas’ three-run home run. Devonte Brown would lead the charge put forth by New Hampshire in the next half of the inning, hitting a two-run home run. Dasan Brown would score on a wild pitch as well, cutting Reading's lead to 6-5. Peyton Williams tied the game up at six on a groundout in the top of the seventh. Unfortunately, Reading scored two in the bottom half of the inning and would take the win 9-7. Eddinson Paulino: 3-4, 3 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR Trey Yesavage: 4 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 4 K New Hampshire (1), Reading (11) - 6/13 Box Score Grant Rogers took the mound on Friday night against the Reading Fightin' Phils. He got two quick outs in the bottom of the first inning, then the flood gates opened. Five straight hits, including a two-run home run by Seth Beer would give Reading an early 5-0 lead. New Hampshire got a lead-off double and then a single to start the top of the second inning, but Gabriel Martinez, Robert Brooks, Jay Harry all stuck out to shut the door on the rally. Hendry Mendez's triple added a run to Reading's lead in the bottom half of the inning. New Hampshire finally got on the scoreboard in the top of the fifth from a Brooks home run, a solo shot to left field. Reading matched and then topped that in the their half of the fifth, Felix Reyes hit a solo home run and Leandro Pineda launched a two-run home run. Reading would cap the scoring for the day with a two-run shot by Cade Fergus in the bottom of the seventh, as they won big 11-1. Charles McAdoo: 2-4, 1 K, 2 2B Kevin Miranda: 3 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K Vancouver Canadians Vancouver (10), Spokane (6) - 6/12 Box Score Gage Stanifer made his first start of the season, and although he let in three runs in the first inning, he was absolutely dominant after that. What helped a lot was the Vancouver offense, which picked up Stanifer after a tough first inning, with the Canadians scoring five runs in the bottom of the first. The Canadians continued to rack up the runs in the bottom of the third inning, with Hayden Gilliland having himself a game after coming back from New Hampshire. He had a two-hit night with three-RBIs. Sean Keys capped off the scoring outburst with a three-RBI double. Edinson Batista continued the strong pitching, striking out three batters in two innings. Julio Ortiz and Kai Peterson were less effective, as they gave up three runs total. The Canadians still won despite that, as their 10-3 lead was too high for Spokane to overcome. Sean Keys - 2-4, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 2 2B Sean Keys is an RBI-machine, this time hitting a three-run double in the third inning to make it a ten-run game for the Canadians. He’s now up to 38 on the season and it looks like he isn’t slowing down. Gage Stanifer - 4.0 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 10 K Stanifer dealt with a ton of early traffic, and although he walked a couple of batters and got hit a round a bit, he struck out the side in the first inning. After that inning he was practically unhittable as he relied heavily on his slider to rack up the whiffs and the strikeouts. Vancouver (15), Spokane (0) - 6/13 Box Score This game was utter domination for the Canadians, as they dropped 15 runs on Spokane after putting a ten-spot on them the night before. The whole team combined for 16 hits, and nine walks, and every hitter on the team who played in the game got on base more than once. They scored eight runs alone on Alberto Pacheco, who the Indians left to die after struggling with the usage of bullpen arms prior. The Spokane bullpen barely fared any better, as they also let in seven runs, whereas the Canadians pitchers continued to keep the Indians scoreless. Aaron Munson’s second go in Vancouver was quite successful, with three scoreless innings to drop his season ERA to 3.51, and Jonathan Todd pitched two scoreless innings of his own. Je’Von Ward - 1-2, 2 R, 2 RBI, 3 BB, 1 2B Ward was signed after being released by the Brewers, and he’s been one of the weirdest profiles in the minor leagues. Prior to this game, he’s walked over 30% of the time, and he’s somehow increased that rate with a three walk game. He’ll be in contention to break the High-A single-season walk rate record. Chris McElvain - 4.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 3 K McElvain had a better start after his first start back in Vancouver, and he was very solid, only allowing three hits in four innings, and still striking out four batters. The pitcher that was acquired for Santiago Espinal is still building up after recovering from Tommy John surgery, which is why he was taken out after four innings. Dunedin Blue Jays Dunedin (4), Fort Myers (3) - 6/12 - Game 1 (7) Box Score This game had a ton of delays as the weather in Dunedin refused to cooperate. Kendry Rojas was scheduled to start this game on the 11th, but the game was postponed to the 12th, where he pitched a grand total of one inning before the game was postponed until the 13th. Tucker Toman helped Dunedin score the first run of the game with an RBI single in the first with two outs, and it took another day before Alexis Hernandez scored two more runners of his own with his single. Those were all the runs that the Jays needed as the Mighty Mussels could only muster up two runs after Austin Cates and the bullpen pitched strong innings after Rojas was taken out. Tucker Toman - 2-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B Austin Cates - 4.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K Dunedin (1), Fort Myers (0) - 6/13 - Game 2 (7) Box Score Landen Maroudis made his first start in Dunedin since going down with elbow surgery early last season. The velocity wasn’t up to where it was last season but he mixed his deep arsenal well and he allowed no hits in four innings of work. Offense was slow for both teams, but in the fourth inning, Sam Shaw got on with a single that was deflected by the third baseman Caleb McNeely, then promptly stole second base. Kendry Chirinos struck out afterward, but Yhonagel Aponte moved Shaw to third on a single. Manuel Beltre came up to the dish and drove in Shaw for the only run of the game. Gilberto Batista came in after Maroudis was taken out and completed the shutout, giving up two hits in three innings and striking out six batters. Sam Shaw - 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 SB Gilberto Batista - 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 6 K FCL Blue Jays F-BLU (1), F-YAN (7) - 6/12 Box Score It was all Yankees in this one as the Blue Jays squad struggled at the plate and in the field. They committed almost as many errors as they had hits, four hits to three errors. The Yankees team scored three in the third on a ground out, sacrifice fly, and bases loaded walk. A David Beckles RBI groundout would pull the Blue Jays within two. Unfortunately, the Yankees team went on a scoring bender in the seventh inning, adding four more runs on double and a single. The Yankees would win this one easily, 7-1. Drew Jemison- 1-3, 1 R, 0 RBI, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 2B Lluveres Severino- 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K F-BLU (5), F-YAN (4) - 6/13 Box Score Brandon Barriera got the start in this one and it didn't really go well. He struck out the first batter, walked the next two, and then was removed in the middle of the fifth batter of the inning. Hopefully, it was just a hard pitch count removal and not another injury. From there, a wild pitch and a two-run single scored three runs for the Yankees team. The Blue Jays team got on the board in the bottom of the second with a run-scoring single from Raimundo De Los Santos. In the bottom of the sixth, David Beckles drove a ball over the fence for his fourth home run of the season, bringing the Blue Jays team within two runs. In the final inning, the seventh, the Yankees threw the ball around the diamond and let the Blue Jays come back. The Blue Jays team scored three runs, including the walk-off on an error. David Beckles- 2-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HR Troy Guthrie- 4.2 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K DSL Blue Jays Blue D-BJB (0), D-BJR (12) - 6/12 Box Score It was another game of the two Blue Jays teams facing each other. The first two innings were fairly quiet. BJR started the game by getting a single from Kennew Blanco and a walk by Randy Soto, before Pascual Archila struck out to end the threat. BJB got two men on as well, Rafael Flores was hit by a pitch and Juarlin Soto walked. Carlos Garcia ended their rally with a groundout to the pitcher. In the bottom of the second, BJB again had something going, loading the bases with three straight singles. Cristopher Polanco hit one hard, but it was a line drive to right field and ended the inning. Things unraveled quickly for BJB in the top of the third. BJR loaded the bases and then scored on two hit by pitches, three on a single and an error from Rafael Flores, and another from a single by Elaineiker Coronado. BJR added a seventh run to the scoreboard from a sacrifice fly by Luis Felipe in the fourth. They added two more in the fifth and sixth, both on wild pitches. Endry Reyes got their tenth run of the game on his single in the fifth. BJR wasn't done, they scored a run in the 8th on yet another wild pitch and their twelfth and final run from an error in the ninth inning. BJB was beat down by their organizational mates on the BJR team 12-0. Darwin Nuñez: 2-4, 1 K Jose Andrades: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K D-BJB (5), D-RCK (11) F/7- 6/13 Box Score BJB took on the Rockies DSL team on Friday and it was the Juarlin Soto show. He launched his first home run of the season in the top of the first, scoring Rafael Flores who had reached on an error. With BJB down 4-2 in the third, he roped a line drive to right field for an RBI double. BJB pitchers struggled once again with runners on base, allowing a run to score via a hit by pitch and three runs on three wild pitches (just as in their previous game). In the top of the sixth, BJB got two RBI doubles from Esmeiquel Arrieche and Angel Guzman to cut the lead to 11-5. Neither team would add any more runs as BJB fell again. Juarlin Soto: 2-2, 1 R, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 1 HR, 1 2B Juan Ramirez: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K DSL Blue Jays Red D-BJR (12), D-BJB (0) - 6/12 Box Score It was another game of the two Blue Jays teams facing each other. The first two innings were fairly quiet. BJR started the game by getting a single from Kennew Blanco and a walk by Randy Soto, before Pascual Archila struck out to end the threat. BJB got two men on as well, Rafael Flores was hit by a pitch and Juarlin Soto walked. Carlos Garcia ended their rally with a groundout to the pitcher. In the bottom of the second, BJB again had something going, loading the bases with three straight singles. Cristopher Polanco hit one hard, but it was a line drive to right field and ended the inning. Things unraveled quickly for BJB in the top of the third. BJR loaded the bases and then scored on two hit by pitches, three on a single and an error from Rafael Flores, and another from a single by Elaineiker Coronado. BJR added a seventh run to the score order from a sacrifice fly by Luis Felipe in the fourth. They added two more in the fifth and sixth, both on wild pitches. Endry Reyes got their tenth run of the game on his single in the fifth. BJR wasn't done, they scored a run in the 8th on yet another wild pitch and their twelfth and final run from an error in the ninth inning. BJB was beat down by their organizational mates on the BJR team 12-0. Kennew Blanco: 3-5, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 2B Bryan Borbon: 3 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K D-BJR (3), D-CUR (10) - 6/13 Box Score BJR was down seven runs, before they got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the fourth inning. Nestor Urbina tripled home Pascual Archila, who had reached via a walk. They added a second run on a wild pitch that scored Urbina. BJR scored their final run of the game in the seventh from Renyel Campos’ sacrifice fly. BJR was blown out in this one, losing 10-3. Nestor Urbina: 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 3B Raduan Perez: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Day Pitcher of the Period: RHP Gage Stanifer (Vancouver) - 4.0 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 10 K Hitter of the Period: SS Eddinson Paulino (New Hampshire) - 4-8, 3 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 1 2B Prospect Summary (Last 2 Days) Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Hitters Rank Player Team PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS 1 Arjun Nimmala Vancouver 11 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 Orelvis Martinez Buffalo 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 7 Alan Roden Toronto 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Jonatan Clase Toronto 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 Josh Kasevich Dunedin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Charles McAdoo New Hampshire 9 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 18 Enmanuel Bonilla FCL Jays 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 Jace Bohrofen New Hampshire 9 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Pitchers Rank Player Team BF G GS IP H HR ER BB K 2 Ricky Tiedemann Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Trey Yesavage Vancouver 16 1 1 4 1 0 1 4 4 5 Khal Stephen Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Jake Bloss Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Landen Maroudis FCL Jays 13 1 1 4 0 0 0 2 3 10 Kendry Rojas FCL Jays 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 Johnny King FCL Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Gage Stanifer Vancouver 19 1 1 4 5 0 3 2 10 14 Adam Macko FCL Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Fernando Perez Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Brandon Barriera Dunedin 5 1 1 0.2 0 0 3 3 2 19 Juaron Watts-Brown New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 View full article

CURRENT W-L Records -Buffalo Bisons: 24-35 -New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 24-30 -Vancouver Canadians: 27-28 -Dunedin Blue Jays: 28-27 -FCL Blue Jays: 16-9 -DSL Blue Jays Blue: 2-2 -DSL Blue Jays Red: 0-3 Transactions 06/06/25 - Buffalo Bisons activated RHP Kevin Gowdy from the temporarily inactive list. 06/06/25 - C Ali Sánchez assigned to Buffalo Bisons. 06/06/25 - Buffalo Bisons placed RHP Jacob Barnes on the 7-day injured list. 06/06/25 - C Robert Brooks assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Buffalo Bisons. 06/06/25 - OF Wilmer Blanca assigned to DSL Blue Jays Red from DSL Blue Jays Blue. 06/06/25 - Dunedin Blue Jays sent LHP Brandon Barriera on a rehab assignment to FCL Blue Jays. 06/06/25 - C Robert Brooks assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Buffalo Bisons. 06/06/25 - Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent C Ali Sánchez to a minor league contract. 06/05/25 - C Ali Sánchez elected free agency. 06/05/25 - RHP Edwin Francisco assigned to DSL Blue Jays Blue. Buffalo Bisons Buffalo (9), Syracuse (1) - 6/5 Box Score Syracuse took the early lead in this one on a Jon Singleton RBI groundout in the first inning. It was all Buffalo after that. The Bisons' starting pitcher, Adam Kloffenstein, baffled Syracuse after the first. He went five innings, only giving up four hits, one earned run, one walk, and striking out six. The Buffalo offense got going in the second inning with five runs on a bases-loaded hit by pitch and three singles. Orelvis Martinez capped off the inning with the third RBI single. In the fourth and sixth innings, it was the Riley Tirotta show, as he hit a solo home run and an RBI double that brought in Yohendrick Pinango. In the ninth, Martinez smashed his fourth home run in three games via a 106.6 MPH blast. Will Robertson would tack on a sacrifice fly, and Buffalo would win this one easily, 9-1. Orelvis Martinez- 3-5, 1 R, 2 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HR Adam Kloffenstein- 5 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1BB, 6 K Buffalo (0), Syracuse (18) - 6/6 Box Score It was a painful night for Buffalo, as nothing went right. Brandon Sproat got the start for the Syracuse Mets and he had the Bisons off-balance all night. He used his deep pitch mix to keep Buffalo from making hard contact, as their bats were hitting easy fly outs or pop-ups most of the night. His final line was six innings, five hits, zero earned runs, two walks, and struck out four. Buffalo threatened in the second inning with bases loaded and one out, but a line out by Josh Rivera and a fly out from Yohendrick Pinango ended the best scoring chance they would have. Spencer Turnbull, making the start for Buffalo, got through two innings before the runs started to pile up. In the end he gave up four runs in almost five innings. From there, the Mets would score 11 more runs before the eighth inning. The big hit was a Drew Gilbert grand slam in the seventh. In the eighth, first baseman Rainer Nunez would come on to the pitch. He would get three outs, give up three hits, a walk, and just two earned runs. Ultimately, Syracuse would take this one without a challenge from Buffalo, 18-0. Riley Tirotta- 2-4, 0 R, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K Rainer Nunez- 1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K New Hampshire Fisher Cats New Hampshire (2), Altoona (0) - 6/5 Box Score New Hampshire went into the third game of the series with Altoona looking to continue their two-game shutout streak and add to their 20 2/3 straight innings without giving up a run. Eddinson Paulino tripled in the top of the first and then scored on a sacrifice fly by Charles McAdoo. In the bottom of the fourth, Gabriel Martinez doubled and scored on Devonte Brown's single. That would be all New Hampshire needed, as Juaron Watts-Brown threw a gem on the mound. He went six really strong innings and only gave up four baserunners, one hit and three walks. He passed the mound to Nate Garkow in the seventh with a 2-0 lead. Garkow threw a shutout inning himself and then Alex Amalfi came in and closed the game out by throwing two shutout innings as well. New Hampshire extended their scoreless inning streak to 29 2/3 innings with their 2-0 win. Eddinson Paulino: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 3B Juaron Watts-Brown: 6 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 5 K New Hampshire/Altoona - 6/6 PPD Vancouver Canadians Vancouver (9), Tri-City (4) - 6/5 Box Score The Canadians had another bullpen day, with Edinson Batista starting for the second time this season. Batista gave up a single run after an error, but in the fourth inning the Canadians dropped three runs on the Dust Devils with a Jackson Hornung RBI single, a sac hit from Carter Cunningham and Hayden Gilliand’s return to the Canadians came with a sac fly to make it 3-1. Je’Von Ward singled to score Arjun Nimmala in the fourth, but Irv Carter, who replaced Batista, had a rough bottom of the fifth giving up an RBI double and balking in a run to make it a one run game. Pat Gallagher replaced Carter and gave up an RBI double himself, evening up the game for the two teams, but Carter Cunningham came up big again with an RBI single in the top of eighth inning and Victor Arias clearing the bases after a single and a throwing error by Randy De Jesus. Immediately after Arias scored on a wild pitch, which became the final score at Vancouver 9, Tri-City 4. The bullpen cleaned it up after Gallagher’s appearance was over, as Chay Yeager and Kai Peterson pitched 2 1/3 perfect innings with four strikeouts. Jackson Hornung - 2-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 K Hornung has been the best hitter for the Canadians, he’s been buoyed by a .425 BABIP, but he has hit .330 so far this season. Edinson Batista - 2.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K Batista has been slowly getting acclimated to the Jays farm system after being traded earlier in the season. This was his best appearance as a member of the Jays organization and hopefully is more signs of things to come. Vancouver (10), Tri-City (1) - 6/6 Box Score It was another highly anticipated Yesavage-Stanifer day, as both pitchers lived up to their hype, striking out a combined 15 batters, giving up only one run, four hits, and three walks between the two of them. The middle and bottom half of the order were the main run producers for the Canadians, with Nick Goodwin knocking in the first two runs for the Canadians with a single in the second, and after Yesavage gave up the only run to the Dust Devils on a Ben Gobbel homer, the game was broken up with a Cutter Coffey homer that scored three runs. Gage Stanifer came in to piggyback off of Yesavage as per usual, and continued his excellence, getting the save in four innings of work. The command has still been a little shaky for him, but he’s shown enough to be highly effective. The seventh inning was a ton of extra base hits for the Canadians, as Je’Von Ward tripled to start off the inning, which led to a Sean Keys sac fly to add another run. Jackson Hornung tripled himself, and Eddie Micheletti Jr. swung on the first pitch he saw and took Leonard Garcia deep to score another two runs. Nick Goodwin went back-to-back with an absolutely massive tank to make it 9-1 for the Canadians. The game progressed quickly after, as both the Dust Devils and Canadians racked up the strikeouts, but some shoddy defense let a few runners on, and one was scored by Eddie Micheletti Jr. with a sac fly to make it double digits runs scored. Nick Goodwin - 2-4, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB Goodwin has been red-hot in June, with his fourth homer of the month. Trey Yesavage - 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 9 K Yesavage continues his season-long dominance, upping his strikeout total to 88 on the season. The stadium radar gun had Yesavage topping out at 99 mph, and the other pitches were all sharp as he generated 17 whiffs. Dunedin Blue Jays Dunedin (3), St. Lucie (2) - 6/5 - Game 1 (7) Box Score The first game of the doubleheader after the previous day’s game was postponed began with a strong start from both Mets and Jays starters, with both starters going five innings or more. The Jays were able to get to Irving Cota in the fourth inning though, as they got two runs from a Jean Joseph double and a Sam Shaw single. They got an additional run in the fifth, with Tucker Toman’s eighth double of the season. That was enough to give Cota his first loss of the season, and Javen Coleman got the save although he gave up an unearned run from a Sam Shaw throwing error. He continues his strikeout ways with three strikeouts in two innings of work. Jean Joseph - 2-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B The 20-year old Dominican has had a successful second trip in Dunedin, although he’s walking only at a 2.4% clip, he’s had a 116 wRC+ on the season with 11 doubles and two homers. Daniel Guerra - 5 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 K Guerra had his good fastball today, sitting in the mid 90s with his fastball with over 18 inches of ride. He mixed in some cutters and a few changeups to keep hitters off-balance, but was able to limit damage using mostly his fastball. Dunedin (3), St. Lucie (2) - 6/5 - Game 2 (7) Box Score After winning game one of the doubleheader, the Jays tried to win both games today, and they started off strong with a great performance from Gilberto Batista. Peyton Powell knocked in the first run of the game as well, scoring Sam Shaw on a single to the third baseman. However, the tight lead wasn’t enough as Colby Martin was human, walking four batters, although he got squeezed a little after the Jays used up all their challenges and he walked a hitter on an obvious strike. He ended up loading the bases in the bottom of the seventh, and was replaced by Jay Schueler, who could not hold the lead, as he gave up a walk-off grand slam. Peyton Powell 1-3, 1 RBI, 2 K Gilberto Batista - 5 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K Batista continues to be quietly effective for the D-Jays, with a scoreless start lowering his ERA to 3.02. He’s been very effective at keeping hitters off balance, as he got hitters to chase over 42% of the time despite not being in the zone all that much, as his deep mix has batters kerfuffled. Dunedin (4), St. Lucie (0) - 6/6 Box Score After the doubleheader the previous day, the Dunedin Blue Jays got a massive performance from their pitchers, shutting out the Mets while only giving up three hits and two walks. Cates earned his first win of the season and the offense did just enough to earn the win. Peyton Powell gave the Jays an early lead with an RBI double in the third, and the game was a stalemate until the eighth inning, as Juanmi Vazquez got his first hold with 2 ⅓ scoreless innings, while the Mets bullpen also limited baserunners. However, the Jays threatened with two runners on with two outs in the top of the eighth with Tucker Toman at the dish, and he delivered, pushing the lead to 4-0 for the Jays, which led to a win as Bennett Flynn struck out two batters to finish off the game. Tucker Toman - 1-4, 1 H, 3 RBI, 2 K Toman hit just his second homer of the season, but it was a big one, as he gave the Jays a big cushion. He’s struggled since coming off the temporary inactive list but has started to heat up in June. Austin Cates - 5.2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K Cates has continued his hot end to May with another strong start, this time getting is first professional win. His low 90s rising fastball has been hit hard, but it pairs extremely well with his splitter which he commanded really well and limited hard contact. FCL Blue Jays F-BLU (14), F-YAN (11) - 6/5 Box Score This one was a slugfest from start to finish. The Yankees squad struck quickly, with an RBI single in the first. The Blue Jays team countered with a run on a Yorman Licourt double play. In the fourth, two doubles, a single, and a fielder's choice scored five runs for the Yankees team. In the fifth, they added three more to their lead. In the sixth, the Blue Jays team started to chip away at the deficit. They scored four runs on two hits and an RBI walk. A Wilson Rodriguez home run for the Yankees team gave them a five-run lead going into the ninth. In the ninth the Jays came alive, Maykel Minoso drove in a run with a sacrifice fly, Drew Jemison brought in two with a single, and Licourt doubled to tie the game at 10. In the tenth, an RBI single and a three-run home run from Jemison gave the Blue Jays team a four-run lead and they would shut the door on the Yankees to win this one. Drew Jemison- 4-5, 2 R, 5 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HR Diego Dominguez- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K F-BLU (0), F-PHI (2) - 6/6 Box Score In this seven-inning game with the Phillies squad, the Blue Jays team struggled with the bats. On the other hand, the pitching was on point, starting with Brandon Barriera making his season debut rehabbing from elbow surgery last season. He went two innings and only allowed one hit and zero runs. Nick Sandlin, also in Florida rehabbing, gave up two runs in the fourth inning on a two-run double. In the fifth, the Blue Jays squad threatened to score after a walk, a hit by pitch, and a single from Dariel Ramon loaded the bases. A ground ball double play would end the scoring chance though. The Blue Jays team would only manage two hits in the entire game and would lose by a 2-0 score. Aldo Gaxiola- 1-2, 0 R, 0 RBI, 1 BB, 0 K Brandon Barriera- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K DSL Blue Jays Blue D-BJB (4), D-PHW (6) F/7 - 6/5 Box Score Thursday saw BJB take on the Phillies White team. BJB got the scoring started in the top of the first inning with an Elian Reyes double that scored Rafael Flores and Juarlin Soto. In the top of the second, Darwin Núñez scored on a wild pitch and Cristopher Polanco scored on a Rafael Flores triple. BJB promptly gave up six runs to PHW in the bottom of the second inning. BJB was shutout from there, as they fell 6-4. Rafael Flores: 1-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 3B, 1 SB Jorge Gonzalez: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K D-BJB (6), D-TWI (4) F/7 - 6/6 Box Score BJB took on the Minnesota Twins DSL team Friday afternoon. It was a game of big innings and one for each team would ultimately decide the game. TWI got their inning in the top of the fourth, scoring four runs aided by errors from Darwin Núñez and Cristopher Polanco. BJB got a run back in the bottom of the fifth on a Juarlin Soto bases loaded walk. Their big inning came in the bottom of the sixth. They loaded the bases, before J.T. Bain singled home Darwin Núñez from third. It was followed up by an Angel Guzman sacrifice fly scoring Daniel Dominguez. A wild pitch would score Esmeiquel Arrieche. They were then aided by a TWI error, scoring Bain. Their last run in the inning came on a Soto single. The five-run inning was enough for BJB to take the win 6-4. Juarlin Soto: 1-3, 2 RBI, 1 BB Deiker Pineda: 3.2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3K DSL Blue Jays Red D-BJR (3), D-MEO (2) - 6/5 - Suspended Game Box Score BJR faced off against the Orange team from the New York Mets organization on Thursday. In the bottom of the first inning, BJR loaded the bases on a single, an error, and a walk. Elaineiker Coronado would then score on a passed ball by the catcher. MEO tied the game up in the top of the second inning, before BJR took the lead back in the bottom half of the inning. Coronado singled home Keegan Pieternella, who had reached third base following a couple of more passed balls. Randy Soto added another run to the lead on a groundout, scoring Endry Reyes. The game would be suspended after the bottom of the third and will be resumed on Saturday. Elaineiker Coronado: 2-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, Bryan Borbon: 2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K D-BJR (3), D-COL (2) F/7 - 6/6 Box Score BJR got the scoring started in this one with Nestor Urbina's two-run double in the top of the second inning, scoring Kennew Blanco and Diego Arce. COL put up a massive seven spot in the bottom of the third inning. BJR chipped away at the lead in the fourth and fifth innings, scoring on a run on a groundout from Urbina and a run on Blanco's single. COL pulled away further in the sixth though, scoring three more runs and taking the game 10-4. Kennew Blanco: 2-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B Erinyel Marquez: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Day Pitcher of the Period: RHP Trey Yesavage (Vancouver) - 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 9 K Hitter of the Period: 3B Riley Tirotta (Buffalo)- 5-9, 1 R, 3 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 2B, 1 HR Prospect Summary (Last 2 Days) Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Hitters Rank Player Team PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS 1 Arjun Nimmala Vancouver 10 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 4 Orelvis Martinez Buffalo 9 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 7 Alan Roden Toronto 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Jonatan Clase Toronto 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 11 Josh Kasevich Dunedin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Charles McAdoo New Hampshire 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 18 Enmanuel Bonilla FCL Jays 9 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 20 Jace Bohrofen New Hampshire 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Pitchers Rank Player Team BF G GS IP H HR ER BB K 2 Ricky Tiedemann Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Trey Yesavage Vancouver 19 1 1 5 2 1 1 1 9 5 Khal Stephen Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Jake Bloss Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Landen Maroudis FCL Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Kendry Rojas FCL Jays 12 1 1 3 3 0 1 1 5 12 Johnny King FCL Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Gage Stanifer Vancouver 16 1 0 4 2 0 0 2 6 14 Adam Macko FCL Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Fernando Perez Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Brandon Barriera Dunedin 6 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 19 Juaron Watts-Brown New Hampshire 21 1 1 6 1 0 0 3 5 View full article

CURRENT W-L Records -Buffalo Bisons: 21-32 -New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 20-29 -Vancouver Canadians: 22-27 -Dunedin Blue Jays: 24-25 -FCL Blue Jays: 14-6 -DSL Blue Jays: 0-0 (Season not started) Transactions 05/30/25 - Buffalo Bisons activated LHP Trenton Wallace. 05/30/25 - LHP Easton Lucas' roster status changed by Buffalo Bisons. 05/30/25 - Toronto Blue Jays recalled LF Alan Roden from Buffalo Bisons. 05/30/25 - Vancouver Canadians sent LHP Kendry Rojas on a rehab assignment to FCL Blue Jays. 05/29/25 - DSL Blue Jays Red activated RHP Daniel De La Cruz from the restricted list. Buffalo Bisons Buffalo (3), Charlotte (2) - 5/29 - Game 1 Box Score It was an early start for the Bisons on Thursday against the Knights, but also a doubleheader day. In the first game, hitting was apparently optional for the first six innings. The Knights struck first, getting a home run by Brooks Baldwin to take a one-run lead in the fourth inning. In the sixth, an error by Leo Jimenez, who is back at Triple A following a rehab stint, allowed another run to score for the Knights. That would end the day for the Buffalo starter Lazaro Estrada. Estrada was again very good, as he continues to improve with May coming to a close. He pitched 5.2 innings, gave up just the one earned run, held the Knights to three hits, and struck out five. Down 2-0 in the bottom of the seventh, Buffalo would start a rally. Orelvis Martinez reached base to start the inning on a catcher's interference. With two outs, Will Robertson pinch-hit and blasted a home run to right field, scoring Martinez. With the game tied, Robert Brooks and Jimenez walked. Alan Roden would come to the plate and hit a walk-off single. Will Robertson- 1-1, 1 R, 2 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HR Lazaro Estrada- 5.2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K Buffalo (5), Charlotte (2) - 5/29 - Game 2 Box Score In the second game of the double header, Buffalo came out seizing on the momentum of the earlier walk-off win. The Bisons would take the lead in the bottom of the first inning on a Will Robertson single. Charlotte answered right back though, as they would line two separate RBI singles in their half of the second inning. Buffalo tied the game immediately in their frame of the inning with an RBI single from Josh Rivera. In the third, Will Robertson launched his second home run of the day to give Buffalo a two-run lead. Joey Loperfido added an insurance run in the sixth and Buffalo would win this game 5-2. Will Robertson- 2-3, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 HR Justin Bruihl- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K Buffalo (3), Charlotte (5) - 5/30 Box Score Friday night started off right for Buffalo, as they jumped on the scoreboard in the bottom of the first inning. Davis Schneider singled in Leo Jimenez for the first run and a disengagement violation brought in a second. The lead was short lived; the Buffalo starting pitcher, Adam Kloffenstein, gave up two home runs and an RBI single in the top of the second inning. Buffalo tied the game in the third on a Damiano Palmegiani sacrifice fly. From there, both teams went quiet, as the game remained tied at three until the ninth inning. Charlotte would push across two runs on RBI singles and close the door on Buffalo in the bottom of the ninth to defeat the Bisons. Joey Loperfido- 1-3, 2 R, 0 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 2B Adam Kloffenstein- 5 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 4 K New Hampshire Fisher Cats New Hampshire (2), Hartford (3) - 5/29 Box Score New Hampshire had Devereaux Harrison on the mound Thursday for the game against Hartford. For the first three innings of the game he kept Hartford in check, but used a ton of pitches to get through them. The pressure was taken off of him in the top of the first inning, as Charles McAdoo hit his third home run of the season to give New Hampshire a 1-0 lead. In the fourth inning, Harrison would get chased from the game a batter after walking in the tying run. The momentum was short-lived for Somerset, as Jace Bohrofen doubled home RJ Schreck in the following half inning. A two-RBI single by Jose Cordova gave the lead back to Somerset in the bottom of the fifth inning. New Hampshire struggled the rest of the game, only drawing one walk and not getting any more hits. They would fall to Somerset 3-2. Charles McAdoo 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 HR McAdoo hit his third home run of the season on Thursday. He has gone on a little bit of a mini power surge since being activated off of the development list. This was his second home run in his fourth game back and he has a hit in all three games he has started. Michael Dominguez: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K With the influx of newly promoted pitchers, Dominguez may have to see more of his outings come from the bullpen. He has lowered his ERA to 1.42 on the season. New Hampshire (4), Hartford (3) F/10 - 5/30 Box Score In the Friday night game between New Hampshire and Hartford, the Fisher Cats sent Juaron Watts-Brown to the mound in hopes his second start at Double A was better than his first. In the bottom of the second inning, Hartford got to Watts-Brown and made it on the scoreboard first. Watts-Brown hit Braiden Ward, who then stole second base, and ultimately scored on a Jose Cordova single. Yohendrick Pinango promptly gave the lead to New Hampshire in the top of the third inning on his eighth home run of the season, a three-run blast to right field. Hartford would score another run in the bottom of the fifth inning on a missed catch error by Peyton Williams. The play would lead to the New Hampshire manager being ejected. In the bottom of the seventh inning, Hartford tied the game up at three with an RBI single by Jose Torres. That is where the score remained, until the top of the tenth and a Pinango sacrifice fly. It would give New Hampshire the win by a score of 4-3. Yohendrick Pinango: 1-4, 1 R, 4 RBI, 2 K, 1 HR Juaron Watts-Brown: 6 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K Vancouver Canadians Vancouver (2), Hillsboro (3) - 5/29 Box Score It was a slow day for the Canadians’ offense after a few offensive outbursts, as Hillsboro starter Daniel Eagen had a good start, striking out eight batters and only allowing three hits, two walks and no earned runs. Jackson Wentworth had more traffic on the base paths but still only allowed one run as well, leading to a close 1-0 lead for Hillsboro through six innings of work. Nate Savino was also nasty, striking out five batters in 2 1/3 innings of work and the Canadians could only muster up one hit on him, while Pat Gallagher got stung by the defense as a Sean Keys error led to a two unearned run inning for the splitter-heavy pitcher. Chay Yeager came in and pitched two solid innings for the Canadians again, which kept them close enough to threaten in the bottom of the ninth, with Eddie Micheletti Jr. hitting a two-run double to bring it within one with no outs. Gabriel Martinez moved the runner over to third with a single, but a Nick Goodwin Lineout, Nicolas Deschamps strikeout, and a Victor Arias ground out prevented them from getting over the hump. Eddie Micheletti Jr. - 1-3, 2 RBI, 1 2B Micheletti Jr. knocked in the only two runs for the Canadians to spark a failed comeback in the bottom of the ninth. Jackson Wentworth - 5.1 IP, 8 H, 1 ER, 3 K Wentworth had a solid start, despite giving up eight base hits and only striking out three batters on the night. Wentworth has struggled recently to generate whiffs, as hitters have been on his pitches, but he’s been able to limit the damage. Vancouver (8), Hillsboro (1) - 5/30 Box Score It was a bullpen day for the Canadians, as Edinson Batista took his first start of the season since joining the Jays organization. He gave up a few hits in the first inning that allowed Hillsboro to take an early 1-0 lead, but Eddie Micheletti Jr. homered to tie it up directly in the bottom of the same inning. The inning immediately after, the Canadians loaded them up with two outs for Eddie Micheletti Jr. to come up again and deliver on a grand slam that gave the Canadians the lead for good. The bullpen finished off the game nicely, with Irv Carter, JJ Sanchez, Kai Peterson, and Jonathan Todd combining for two hits given up, one walk given up, and nine strikeouts in six innings of work. Jackson Hornung, who was a division three catcher before getting picked up by the Jays, increased the lead again in the seventh with a three RBI triple which made the game finish off at 8-1. Eddie Micheletti Jr. - 2-5, 2 R, 5 RBI, 2 HR Micheletti Jr. had the game of his pro career, with a two homer night that included a grand slam to give the Canadians the lead that they ran away with. Micheletti Jr. raised his slugging percentage from .300 on May 15th to .415 in just half a month. He’s had a .474 slugging percentage throughout the month of April. Irv Carter - 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 3 K Carter was placed on the development list for two weeks and struggled on his first appearance back, giving up four earned runs against Eugene on the 23rd of May. This outing went a lot better for him, as he pitched three one-hit innings and played a key role in keeping the Hops to just one run. Dunedin Blue Jays Dunedin (4), Clearwater (6) - 5/29 Box Score The Dunedin Blue Jays faced former Phillies top prospect Griff McGary, who was just recently placed on a rehab assignment, and couldn’t do much, striking out four times in two innings of work. Zack Tukis replaced him in the third and was perhaps even better, striking out five batters in only three innings of work. Despite going down early, the D-Jays were able to get on the board after Tukis was taken out on a Sam Shaw RBI-single, and in the seventh Jacob Lojewski tied it up 3-3 for the D-Jays. Andres Gimenez hit a sac fly to give the D-Jays a lead, but Eminen Flores allowed an unearned run to tied it back up, and then Javen Coleman struggled once again allowing two runs including a Solo shot in the eighth, which blew the save for the D-Jays and they haven’t been able to come back from behind. Sam Shaw - 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 SB Daniel Guerra - 5.0 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 4 K Guerra hasn’t been at his best as a starter, but didn’t allow a single walk and struck out four hitters over five innings. The tall righty still needs to harness his pitches but has done admirably after a few of his teammates were promoted without many replacements. Dunedin (4), Clearwater (10) - 5/30 Box Score Dunedin’s slide continues even further, as they cannot break this losing streak, now six straight. After a solo homer given up in the second, poor fielding led to three unearned runs. Some weird shenanigans happened in the fourth inning, with Threshers first baseman grounding out to third and then getting ejected promptly after. The Jays got some runs back in the sixth inning, with Edward Duran extending his hit streak to 21, and Tucker Toman drove in two runs. Bryce Arnold was also taken out of the game after getting hit by a pitch earlier. After Batista was taken out Flynn and Larue struggled, with four earned runs given up by the both and a few base hits and walks. Colby Martin also gave up his first run on the season, and despite efforts from Jean Joseph or Manuel Beltre, it was hard to overcome such a lead. Tucker Toman - 2-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB Gilberto Batista - 5 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K Batista continues to over-perform his expectations as a starter, allowing only one earned run (three unearned) and continues the strong pitching from starters in the Jays farm system. Sam Shaw continues to struggle defensively, making the error that resulted in those three runs scoring. FCL Blue Jays F-BLU (7), F-PHI (2) - 5/29 Box Score The Toronto Blue Jays squad set the tone early in this one with Landen Maroudis on the mound, still rehabbing from surgery last year. He went four innings in this one and only surrendered two hits, to go with one walk, while striking out two batters, and not giving up a run. Offensively, both teams were quiet until the sixth inning. That was when the Blue Jays team took the lead by a sacrifice fly from Enmanuel Bonilla. In the bottom half of the inning, the Phillies team would tie it on a Meylin De Leon home run. In the seventh, the Blue Jays would blow the game open with a bases loaded double from Yorman Licourt and a two-run triple from Aldo Gaxiola. Both teams would trade sacrifice flies, as the Blue Jays team finished this one with a 7-2 win. Yorman Licourt- 1-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 2B Landen Maroudis- 4 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K F-BLU (10), F-PHI (7) - 5/30 Box Score In the first inning of this one, the Blue Jays team hit the ground running with five runs. David Beckles and Maykel Minoso had two-run RBI doubles and Edrick Felix an RBI single. Kendry Rojas got his first start of the season in the game, rehabbing from an early season injury. He went two innings, giving up two hits, and one walk. On the positive side, he managed to strike out three hitters. With a two-run lead, the Blue Jays team would add five runs between the fifth and seventh innings. The big hit being an Andres Arias RBI single. The Blue Jays would add one more on a Yorman Licourt double, as they would hang on for the 10-7 victory. Andres Arias- 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 0 K Kendry Rojas- 2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K DSL Blue Jays No games Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Day Pitcher of the Period: RHP Juaron Watts-Brown (New Hampshire) - 6 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K Hitter of the Period: OF Will Robertson (Buffalo) - 3-7, 2 R, 5 RBI, 2 BB, 0 K, 2 HR Prospect Summary (Last 2 Days) 1. Arjun Nimmala (Vancouver) - 2-8, 1 R, 1 K, 1 2B 2. Ricky Tiedemann (Buffalo) - DNP 3. Trey Yesavage (Vancouver) - DNP 4. Orelvis Martinez (Buffalo) - 0-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K 5. Khal Stephen (Vancouver) - DNP 6. Jake Bloss (Buffalo) - DNP 7. Alan Roden (Buffalo) - 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 K 8. Landen Maroudis (FCL Jays) - 4 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K 9. Jonatan Clase (Toronto) - 2-4, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 SB 10. Kendry Rojas (Vancouver) - 2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K 11. Josh Kasevich (Dunedin) - DNP 12. Johnny King (FCL Blue Jays) - DNP 13. Gage Stanifer (Vancouver) - DNP 14. Adam Macko (FCL Jays) - DNP 15. Charles McAdoo (New Hampshire) - 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 HR 16. Fernando Perez (Vancouver) - DNP 17. Brandon Barriera (Dunedin) - DNP 18. Emmanuel Bonilla (FCL Blue Jays) - 2-6, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K 19. Juaron Watts-Brown (New Hampshire) - 6 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K 20. Jace Bohrofen (New Hampshire) - 1-7, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 2B View full article

CURRENT W-L Records -Buffalo Bisons: 18-28 -New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 16-25 -Vancouver Canadians: 17-26 -Dunedin Blue Jays: 24-19 -FCL Blue Jays: 9-6 -DSL Blue Jays: 0-0 (Season not started) TRANSACTIONS 05/23/25: FCL Blue Jays activated RHP Holden Wilkerson from the 7-day injured list. 05/22/25: DSL Blue Jays Red activated RHP Bryan Borbon from the restricted list. 05/22/25: DSL Blue Jays Red activated RHP Freigher Barco from the restricted list. 05/22/25: Dunedin Blue Jays placed RHP Christian Mracna on the 7-day injured list retroactive to May 21, 2025. 05/22/25: Dunedin Blue Jays activated LF Alexis Hernandez from the 7-day injured list. Buffalo Bisons Buffalo/Lehigh - 5/22 PPD Buffalo (14), Lehigh (6) - 5/23 Box Score In a Friday night shootout, the Buffalo Bisons were hitting on all cylinders on their way to 14 runs and 19 hits. They got things started in the first inning with a Davis Schneider single and a Riley Tirotta ground ball single to right field. This set the stage for Orelvis Martinez, who hit a double down the right field line to score both runs. In the third inning, Tirotta launched his sixth home run to give Buffalo a 3-0 lead. Later in the inning, Martinez would rocket a triple, though he was stranded on the bases. In the fourth inning, Rainer Nunez pulled a hanging slider for a 361-foot home run, continuing his recent hot stretch. In the fifth inning, Buffalo kept things going and piled on the runs. After loading the bases, Nunez brought in two more runs on a double down the left field line. Josh Rivera would then add to his hit total on the night with a two-RBI single. From there, Buffalo went quiet, and Lehigh kept chipping away at the lead. By the eighth inning, the Buffalo lead was down to 8-6, but the Bisons got back to their hitting ways. Joey Loperfido added an RBI single, Martinez another RBI double, and then four more RBI singles followed. Buffalo would stampede away with this game 14-6. Orelvis Martinez- 3-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 HBP, 1 K, 2 2B, 1 3B Justin Bruihl- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K New Hampshire Fisher Cats New Hampshire/Somerset - 5/22 PPD New Hampshire (6), Somerset (9) - 5/23 Box Score After another rainout on Thursday, New Hampshire was ready to play some baseball Friday. Somerset was prepared to match them on the cold and dreary night. The Patriots got on the scoreboard in the top of the first inning, when Cole Gabrielson singled home two runs, before Ryan Watson was able to escape the jam. New Hampshire tried to match in the bottom half of the inning, with Peyton Williams scoring from third base on an error by the catcher. In the third inning, Garrett Martin smashed a home run off of Watson to extend Somerset's lead to two. In New Hampshire's half of the inning, Eddinson Paulino hit a home run of his own. The line drive to right field scored two, himself and RJ Schreck who had walked. In the fifth inning, Hunter Gregory replaced Watson on the mound and promptly gave up a two-run home run to Brennan Davis. Somerset would add another run in the top of the sixth inning on the backs of errors by Paulino and Alex De Jesus. In the bottom half of the inning, De Jesus would make up for his error and triple in Dasan Brown. Schreck tried to play hero in the next inning, when he sent a ball over the right field wall for a home run, scoring two and tying the game up at six apiece. Unfortunately, the bullpen could not keep New Hampshire within striking distance of Somerset, as they gave up three runs in the top of the eighth inning. The Fisher Cats fell to the Patriots in a fun game, 9-6. RJ Schreck: 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, 1 SB Schreck gave a hanging breaking ball a ride out of the ballpark for his eighth home run of the season. He showed a little more depth to his profile with a stolen base as well. He brought his average up to .272 and his OPS up to .958 on the season. Despite his strong numbers, he does seem to still be flying under the radar some. Grayson Thurman: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K Vancouver Canadians Vancouver (5), Eugene (6) - 5/22 Box Score After Trey Yesavage’s debut on Tuesday, Khal Stephen had his chance to debut for Vancouver, and although he struggled with command hitting two batters and walking two more, he was decently effective in three innings of work, as he struck out four batters and only allowed a single run off a homer from Jonah Cox. Arjun Nimmala hit his ninth homer on the year, which leads the Northwest League to even it up at one apiece in the fourth. Kai Peterson and Yondrei Rojas were excellent in relief after Stephen was taken out, as they pitched a combined three no-hit innings with four strikeouts, with Yondrei Rojas continuing to not have allowed a single earned since coming back from the injured list. Nimmala continued to help lead the charge offensively, getting a double in the sixth which led to Gabriel Martinez scoring almost immediately after, and then scoring himself in the eighth off of a wild pitch. Unfortunately, the bullpen could not hold its excellence, and Aaron Munson blew his third save of the year allowing three runs in one inning of work. Bo Bonds has also struggled a bit recently, allowing two runs himself, making it much more difficult for the Canadians to come back. Nimmala managed to get on from an error which led to a bunch of traffic and two runs came in during the ninth inning, but they were unable to get over the hump and tie the game back up. Arjun Nimmala - 3-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 2B, 1 HR Nimmala has the fourth-highest wRC+ in the Northwest League at only 19 years old, two or three years younger than many players above him. His progression has been so shocking that he may get the opportunity to move up to New Hampshire sometime this year if he manages to keep this up. Khal Stephen - 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 HR Some first game jitters plagued Stephen’s start, but he’s a smart guy with a great feel for what he wants to do and improve on. Although the secondaries weren’t nearly as sharp nor in the zone, Stephen proved that he could hold his own against High-A hitters. Vancouver (5) , Eugene (8) - 5/23 Box Score The Canadians continued to get off to slower starts, with them allowing three earned runs in only the first three innings, as Wentworth dealt with a lot of traffic. In the fourth inning the Canadians had a big one, with five runners scoring for them. Unfortunately, those were the only runs scored for the Canadians, as Irv Carter took the mound to replace Wentworth and immediately gave up a run to put the Emeralds within one. He almost got through the fifth inning unscathed, but was taken deep in the bottom of the fifth to raise his season ERA to 11.40. Sean Keys - 1-2, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K Keys has an OBP .150 points higher than his batting average, as he’s been one of the most consistent hitters at getting on base. The power/discipline combo has been just as advertised. Jackson Wentworth - 4 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 6 K This was Jackson Wentworth's second straight start giving up four earned runs to go along with six strikeouts. He has struggled with command and hitters being able to get a bunch of base hits off on him in recent memory. If he could reign in his command while remaining to be an effective pitcher with strong stuff he could be a key member of the Vancouver rotation. Dunedin Blue Jays Dunedin (4), Tampa (7) - 5/22 Box Score Colby Holcombe took the bump for the D-Jays, but the hitters had to face a strong starter themselves. Griffin Herring has been one of the better pitchers in Low-A to start the season, and the Jays had to withstand the full brunt of his power, as he went six no-hit innings with 10 strikeouts, as the D-Jays hitters had no clue how to deal with it. Erik Swanson made his second rehab appearance and didn’t allow a run yet. Eminen Flores was wild again, striking out three hitte and three batters Colby Holcombe - 5.0, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K Holcombe had another solid start, and if not for the performance from Tarpon’s pitcher Herrin, would have put the Jays in a strong position to win. He sat 94 mph on the fastball and although he didn’t get many whiffs on it, he pounded the zone to keep hitters honest. Edward Duran - 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB Duran has been on a bit of a heater, he’s on a 16-game hitting streak and has been the second best hitter for the D-JAys so far this season. The strong defensive catcher took a half-day off as the designated hitter for Dunedin. Dunedin (13), Tampa (9) - 05/23 Box Score Daniel Guerra could not get out of the inning for the Blue Jays, as he was taken out in two-thirds of an inning allowing three runs, while only striking out one batter. Edward Duran continued his hitting streak up to 17 now, and Peyton Powell brought it within one in the bottom of the 1st as well to help pick up Guerra’s poor start. Juanmi Vazquez came in after Guerra, and he pitched great, allowing a solo shot in the third to Tyler Wilson, but kept it close for the Jays, striking out six hitters in 3 1/3 innings of work. Bryce Arnold evened it up with a two run homer to score the fourth run of the game for the D-Jays. In the fifth, the Jays went ahead with a four-run inning and Lizandro Rodriguez hitting his first RBI in A-Ball, but some shaky defense in the seventh resulted in three unearned runs scoring for the Tarpons in the seventh. Johan Simon was good other than that, not walking a batter and striking out four in four innings of work. The D-Jays continued to tack on, scoring another four runs in the bottom of that inning, and the Jays finally broke their losing streak. Bryce Arnold - 2-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K Utility man Bryce Arnold has been great offensively for the Jays and has played all over the field for the Jays. He now has the team lead in homers with six. Juanmi Vazquez - 3.1 3 H, 1 ER, 6 K FCL Blue Jays F-BLU (10), F-PHI (2) - 5/22 Box Score This was one of the more complete Complex League wins the Toronto Blue Jays have had. From the first pitch, the Blue Jays pitchers commanded the game. Adam Macko, who is rehabbing, got the start and pitched almost three perfect innings. Ultimately, surrendering just one walk and no hits, while striking out five. From there, a rehabbing Landen Maroudis took over and went 3 1/3 innings and gave up just one hit, one earned run, one walk, and struck out one. Jack Eshleman came on and finished the game out with 2 2/3 innings of no-hit ball himself. He walked one and gave up one unearned run, while striking out five hitters. On the hitting side, David Beckles had the big hit in the third inning, a two-run home run to left field. In the fifth, the Blue Jays added four runs on three RBI singles. In the sixth, Yorman Licourt and Beckles supplied the power with RBI doubles. Enmanuel Bonilla added a sacrifice fly, as the Blue Jays won this one 10-2. David Beckles- 2-5, 3 R, 3 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HR, 1 2B Adam Macko- 3 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K F-BLU (4), F-TIG (1) - 5/23 Box Score The Friday Complex League game turned into a showcase day for a pair of rising 18-year-old Blue Jays prospects. Johnny King starred on the mound and Andres Arias added the power at the plate, as the Blue Jays cruised to a victory in this one. The Toronto pitching dominated, led by King, who threw three innings, gave up only one hit, allowed zero runs, zero walks, and struck out five batters. Holden Wilkerson threw three innings of no-run ball and Samuel Colmenares only surrendered one run in his three innings of work on the mound. Aldo Gaxiola had an RBI single in the first inning and Arias launched a home run to left field in the second frame. Josh Kasevich, who is rehabbing, went 3-for-4 on the day and added an RBI single to the Blue Jays total. Toronto would finish this one out and win 4-1. Andres Arias- 1-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR Johnny King- 3 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K DSL Blue Jays No games Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Day Pitcher of the Period: LHP Johnny King (FCL Blue Jays) - 3 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K Hitter of the Period: 2B Orelvis Martinez (Buffalo) - 3-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 K, 2 2B, 1 3B Prospect Summary (Last 2 Days) 1. Arjun Nimmala (Vancouver) - 4-9, 3 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR, 1 2B 2. Ricky Tiedemann (Buffalo) - DNP 3. Trey Yesavage (Vancouver) - DNP 4. Orelvis Martinez (Buffalo) - 3-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 K, 2 2B, 1 3B 5. Khal Stephen (Vancouver) - 3 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K 6. Jake Bloss (Buffalo) - DNP 7. Alan Roden (Buffalo) - 1-5, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 2B 8. Landen Maroudis (FCL Jays) - 3.1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K 9. Jonatan Clase (Toronto) - 3-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 3 BB, 1 SO, 1 2B, 1 SB 10. Kendry Rojas (Vancouver) - DNP 11. Josh Kasevich (Buffalo) - 3-8, 2 RBI, 1 BB 12. Johnny King (FCL Blue Jays) - 3 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K 13. Gage Stanifer (Vancouver) - DNP 14. Adam Macko (FCL Jays) - 3 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K 15. Charles McAdoo (New Hampshire) - DNP 16. Fernando Perez (Vancouver) - DNP 17. Brandon Barriera (Dunedin) - DNP 18. Emmanuel Bonilla (FCL Blue Jays) - 3-8, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 SB 19. Juaron Watts-Brown (New Hampshire) - DNP 20. Jace Bohrofen (New Hampshire) - DNP View full article

CURRENT W-L Records -Buffalo Bisons: 15-26 -New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 14-21 -Vancouver Canadians: 17-20 -Dunedin Blue Jays: 22-15 -FCL Blue Jays: 6-4 -DSL Blue Jays: 0-0 (Season not started) TRANSACTIONS 05/16/25 - SS Lizandro Rodriguez assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays. 05/16/25 - C Juan Rosas assigned to FCL Blue Jays from Dunedin Blue Jays. 05/16/25 - SS Dariel Ramon assigned to FCL Blue Jays from Dunedin Blue Jays. 05/16/25 - RHP Ryan Jennings assigned to Buffalo Bisons from New Hampshire Fisher Cats. 05/16/25 - Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent SS Lizandro Rodriguez to a minor league contract. 05/15/25 - Dunedin Blue Jays activated SS Tucker Toman from the temporarily inactive list. 05/15/25 - Buffalo Bisons sent SS Leo Jiménez on a rehab assignment to Dunedin Blue Jays. 05/15/25 - Dunedin Blue Jays sent LF Alexis Hernandez on a rehab assignment to FCL Blue Jays. 05/15/25 - RHP Spencer Turnbull assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays. 05/15/25 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats activated RHP Justin Kelly from the 7-day injured list. 05/15/25 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats transferred C Alex Stone to the Development List. Buffalo Bisons Buffalo (12), Worcester (1) - 5/15 Box Score Lazaro Estrada got the start for the Buffalo Bisons in this game, and he continued his recent success. From the first inning through the sixth, he dominated the talented Worcester offense. He threw six innings, only allowing three hits and one run, while striking out five. With Estrada dealing on the mound and baffling hitters, the Buffalo offense was teeing off on Worcester pitching. In the first inning, Buffalo got things started with a single by Joey Loperfido, two walks, a passed ball, and then Riley Tirotta capped off the rally with a three-run home run. In the second inning, Davis Schneider tripled, plating another run, pushing the lead to five. Five walks in the third inning led to two more runs, and a Rainer Nunez RBI single scored yet another run in the fourth inning. In the top of the fifth inning, Worcester would see their lone run of the game on a Nathan Hickey home run. Nunez would launch a three-run homer of his own in the sixth inning, and Alan Roden would finish the scoring in the eighth on a single to third base, scoring Phil Clarke. In the end, Buffalo would walk 12 times and win this one 12-1. Rainer Nunez- 2-4, 2 R, 4 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR Lazaro Estrada- 6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K Buffalo (3), Worcester (10) - 5/16 Box Score In this matchup, Worcester got on the scoreboard early and often versus Buffalo starting pitcher Easton Lucas. Phillip Sikes launched two home runs across the third and fourth innings for Worcester. Along with the Sikes home runs, Yasmani Grandal homered in the fourth inning as well. Going into the bottom of the fourth, Buffalo already trailed 7-0. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Orelvis Martinez would get Buffalo a run back on a soft infield single, scoring Alan Roden from third base. In the top of the sixth inning, Buffalo would walk the bases loaded and Worcester would clear them, adding three more runs. From there, Buffalo added a run in the seventh inning off of a Riley Tirotta RBI double, scoring Martinez from first base. Buffalo would try to rally in the ninth, but the lead was too much and Worcester would give the Bisons another defeat. Riley Tirotta- 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 2B Andrew Bash- 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K New Hampshire Fisher Cats New Hampshire (10) Reading (11) - 5/15 Box Score In a wild and crazy game, the New Hampshire bats came alive on Thursday, but so did the bats for Reading. New Hampshire started the game quietly, notching a single and a walk in the top of the first, before Charles McAdoo hit into a double play to end the half inning. Reading quickly took control of the game in their bottom half of the inning, by way of a walk, four singles, and a double. They would end the first inning with a 5-0 lead. The hot hitting Yohendrick Pinango launched his sixth home run of the season in the top of the third inning to get New Hampshire onto the scoreboard. A Jay Harry solo shot in the top of the fifth inning cut the lead down to four, 6-2. After an RBI single for Reading by Cade Fergus in the bottom of the fifth, New Hampshire went on a scoring barrage in the sixth and seventh innings. They scored two in the sixth from a Devonte Brown double (one) and a ground out by Jay Harry (one). In the top of the seventh inning, Peyton Williams singled in one run, another scored on a balk, and two scored on a Ryan McCarty single and error by Reading in the field. New Hampshire left their top half of the inning with a lead, 8-7. In the bottom half of the inning, Reading would score on a home run, wild pitch, and a groundout. They took the lead back at 10-8. Down to their final at-bats in the ninth inning, New Hampshire tied the game with two runs on a double by Jay Harry and a single by Eddinson Paulino. Their luck ran out in the bottom of the ninth though, as a Leandro Pineda double scored the winning run for Reading and gave them the walk-off win. New Hampshire fell 11-10 in one of the more exciting games of the season. Jay Harry: 2-4, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 HR, 1 2B, 1 SB After his promotion to Double-A, Harry started off hot, but then disappeared for the most part. This game he did a little bit of everything and really showed off his tools. He will need more games like this to remain prospect relevant moving forward on the season. Alex Amalfi: 3.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K New Hampshire (2), Reading (3) - 5/16 Box Score In Friday's game, Reading jumped out to an early lead, on a Hendry Mendez two-run homer in the bottom of the first inning. They would add another run in the bottom of the fifth inning, by way of an Aidan Miller home run, giving Reading a 3-0 lead. New Hampshire managed only two hits through the first six innings and didn't get a run across home plate in that span. They finally got on the scoreboard in the top of the seventh, when hit his second home run of the season. In the eighth, Jace Bohrofen doubled home Yohendrick Pinango to cut Reading's lead to 3-2. In the ninth, Paulino walked, but never advanced past first base and the game ended with New Hampshire losing 3-2. Eddinson Paulino: 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR This was only Paulino's fifth game in May, but he has been swinging a hot bat. His batting average for the month is now .400, he has two multi-hit efforts, and a four game hitting streak. Michael Dominguez: 4 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K Vancouver Canadians Vancouver (4), Everett (5) - 5/15 Box Score An uncharacteristic Grant Rogers start where he walked four batters in four and two-thirds innings of work, led the Canadians to go down early against the AquaSox, with top prospect Colt Emerson scoring the first run for Everett with an RBI single in the third inning. A wild pitch allowed Cutter Coffey to score the first run for the Canadians to tie it up, but Rogers let in another run via a Lazaro Montes single. Edinson Batista came in relief for Rogers, but his struggles after getting traded to the Jays continued, giving up three runs in the sixth with a walk and three hits to put them down 5-1. Vancouver chipped away at the lead in the half-inning directly after, with Gabriel Martinez getting driven in by Jackson Hornung. Kai Peterson and Julio came in and kept it close for the Canadians, and in the bottom of the 9th Carter Cunningham walked, then Nick Goodwin got hit by a pitch to put two runners on with no outs. Quebec City native Nicolas Deschamps laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt to move both runners up, and Eddie Micheletti Jr. singled on a soft grounder to Colt Emerson to score Cunningham from third to bring the score within one. However, Nick Goodwin was aggressive rounding third thinking that the ball would sneak into the outfield and was caught stranded between third and home, getting tagged out, making it a two-out game with a runner on first. Arjun Nimmala couldn’t be a hero as the momentum was taken away from that baserunning mishap and the Canadians couldn’t get past the finish line. Gabriel Martinez - 2-4, 1 R, 1 K Martinez continues to perform well after getting a demotion, going 2-4 and scoring a run. Hopefully this stretch can let him get his timing down and he showcases the talent that put him on many top 30 Jays prospect lists a few years ago. Kai Peterson - 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K Last season Peterson was wildly effective, with over a near 40% strikeout rate, but also a near 20% walk rate, but he’s reined it in quite a bit this season, striking out “only” 29.5% of the batters that he faced, and walking 11.5%. This has let him pitch to a 1.20 ERA, although his FIP isn’t nearly as sparkling at a 4.48. The wild lefty has put his mark on the Vancouver bullpen, and kept them close enough to almost claw back victory from defeat. Vancouver (6), Everett (7) - 5/16 Box Score The game started off with Sean Keys hitting his fifth homer of the season, but Wentworth was hittable again, giving up two solo homers himself in the top of the second. Wentworth allowed another two runs in the next two innings putting Vancouver in a hole early on yet again. Cutter Coffey provided another run for the Canadians with an RBI single in the fifth, and then Keys once again hit a bomb to give the Canadians the lead in the seventh. Eddie Michelleti Jr. added one of his own in the same inning, and the Canadians needed just six more outs to finish off the game. Chay Yeager was his excellent self in the 8th, but Bo Bonds faltered for the first time this season, blowing the save with a three-run inning. Sean Keys - 3-5, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2 HR After his two homer outburst in the previous series against the Spokane Indians, Keys once again bashed a pair of homers, being one of the main spark plugs for the Canadians this game. Keys raised his slugging percentage to .469 on the season, and he’s had 14 extra base hits in 31 games this season. As a power over hit tool prospect he’s been a departure from typical Jays drafting strategy but has not disappointed. Jackson Wentworth - 5.0 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 6 K Wentworth has been a bit homer prone as of late, but still struck out six batters in five innings of work. He has now given up 18 hits in his past two starts after only giving up 16 hits in his previous six starts. Dunedin Blue Jays Dunedin (11), Bradenton (6) - 5/15 Box Score The D-Jays put on a show, getting to Carlos Castillo early scoring four runs in the first three innings to make an RBI double from Braylon Bishop an afterthought. In the fourth, Castillo was taken out, and the Jays matched that total with two homers from Sam Shaw and Yhoangel Aponte, who’s been heating up recently, as well as a sac fly from Kendry Chirinos to score Leo Jiménez, finally back on rehab assignment after contracting mono. Eminen Flores gave up a few runs after Turnbull came out, before the Jays added to their total with another three runs in the sixth, including an RBI-groundout from Dariel Ramon and Kendry Chirinos hitting a two-run shot himself. Khal Stephen pitched for what could be the last time in Dunedin, as he’s getting promoted to Vancouver, and went four innings of three-run ball, one unearned, as he gave up three doubles in the seventh. Still he struck out seven batters and continued to showcase why he was too good for Low-A, and if not for the chance of poor weather in Vancouver, he might not have even gone to Dunedin in the first place. Sam Shaw - 2-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR Sam Shaw has changed a lot from last season compared to this season, where in the complex league he was a high contact, zero-power type of hitter, but he’s sacrificed his contact for some real damage, with his fifth homer on the year and some really strong metrics including a greater than 90 mph average exit velocity, 15.4% barrel rate, and a 50% hard-hit rate. His contact rate has fallen 10% compared to his 2024 rookie ball season, but it sure hasn’t hurt his production at all, in fact it seems like it has helped. Spencer Turnbull - 4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K Spencer Turnbull made his debut for the Dunedin Blue Jays and looked solid, sitting in the low 90s which was to be expected on his first start back. He relied on his sweeper to get Low-A hitters to whiff and was a nice sight to see him pitching again. Dunedin (2), Bradenton (4) - 05/16 Box Score The Dunedin offense slowed down after a big game the night before, only scoring two runs. Guerra was solid in his start, only allowing two runs, but the Jays struggled to stop the running game, with the Marauders living up to their name, snagging four on the night against Jays pitchers and catchers. Leo Jimenez has been solid during his rehab assignment, but the rest of the team haven’t been as good. Konnor Griffin put the game out of reach with two RBI in the seventh and ninth off Jay Schueler and Javen Coleman. Bryce Arnold hit an RBI-double in the ninth, but at that point it was too little, too late, and the Jays went out quietly after that. Leo Jimenez - 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B Jimenez’s second game back from rehab and he was the designated hitter, getting on base three times including an RBI double for one of the two runs scored for the D-Jays. He’ll work his way back up the Triple-A as he gets healthier and once he’s completely ready, should fight for a backup spot in the major league team’s infield as the Jays lack some bench right handed hitters. Daniel Guerra - 5.0 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K Guerra returned to the rotation after pitching in relief for a few games, and he was pretty good, going five innings and only allowing two hits, one walk, and two earned runs off of a homer and triple in the second inning. Guerra pounded the zone with his fastball, which had 19 inches of rising action, which resulted in a good amount of whiffs and chase. Guerra is still developing his secondaries as they aren’t as sharp or good at generating whiffs or chase, and he’ll need to figure out a strong one. FCL Blue Jays F-BLU (1), F-TIG (9) - 5/15 Box Score This game will be one to forget for Landen Maroudis, who got the start for the Toronto Blue Jays squad. He managed to only get one out in the first inning, as he walked four batters and gave up a bases-clearing double to Javier Osorio. After Maroudis left, an RBI groundout would score another run that would be charged to him. Osorio would add a home run in the second inning and the Detroit squad would rack up eight runs in the first three innings. The Blue Jays team got on the board in the fourth on an Aldo Gaxiola single, which scored David Beckles. Detroit would add a run in the bottom of the fourth and then the bats for both teams went completely silent taking zeros the rest of the way. The Blue Jays team would lose this one 9-1. Aldo Gaxiola- 1-4, 0 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K Eliander Alcalde- 4 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K F-BLU (8), F-TIG (1) - 5/16 Box Score In a rematch of the Thursday game, things were much different for the Blue Jays squad. Johnny King got the start for the Blue Jays and he pitched great. He threw three innings, only allowed one hit, an unearned run, and struck out four, while allowing just one walk. This set the stage for the fourth and fifth innings, where the Blue Jays offense came alive, well kind of. They scored five runs in the fourth inning to take a four run lead, but they did so without a hit driving in a run. Three bases loaded walks scored three runs and an error by the Detroit pitcher, along with a wild pitch scored two more. In the fifth inning, the Blue Jays added two runs via a David Beckles RBI single and an Aldo Gaxiola RBI double. Yorman Licourt finished the scoring in the sixth inning with an RBI single to right field. The Blue Jays would win this one 8-1. Yorman Licourt- 3-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 2B Johnny King- 3 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K DSL Blue Jays No games Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Day Pitcher of the Period: RHP Lazaro Estrada (Buffalo) - 6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K Hitter of the Period: 3B Sean Keys (Vancouver) - 3-9, 2 R, 4 RBI, 0 BB, 3 K, 2 HR Prospect Summary (Last 2 Days) 1. Arjun Nimmala (Vancouver) - 1-4, 1 BB 2. Ricky Tiedemann (Buffalo) - DNP 3. Trey Yesavage (Dunedin) - DNP 4. Orelvis Martinez (Buffalo) - 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K 5. Khal Stephen (Dunedin) - 4 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K 6. Jake Bloss (Buffalo) - DNP 7. Alan Roden (Buffalo) - 2-8, 1 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 0 K, 1 SB 8. Landen Maroudis (FCL Jays) - 0.1 IP, 1 H, 4 ER, 4 BB, 0 K 9. Jonatan Clase (Toronto) - 0-3, 1 K 10. Kendry Rojas (Vancouver) - DNP 11. Josh Kasevich (Buffalo) - DNP 12. Johnny King (FCL Blue Jays) - 3 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K 13. Gage Stanifer (Dunedin) - DNP 14. Adam Macko (FCL Jays) - DNP 15. Charles McAdoo (New Hampshire) - 0-2, 2 R, 2 BB, 1 K 16. Fernando Perez (Vancouver) - DNP 17. Brandon Barriera (Dunedin) - DNP 18. Emmanuel Bonilla (FCL Blue Jays) - 0-6, 2 BB, 1 K 19. Juaron Watts-Brown (Vancouver) - DNP 20. Jace Bohrofen (New Hampshire) - 1-9, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 2B View full article

There was no shortage of offense on display in the Blue Jays' minor league system over the past two days, but unfortunately, victories were still in short supply. CURRENT W-L Records Buffalo Bisons: 13-20 New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 12-17 Vancouver Canadians: 13-16 Dunedin Blue Jays: 16-13 FCL Blue Jays: 1-2 DSL Blue Jays: 0-0 (Season not started) TRANSACTIONS 05/07/25: Buffalo Bisons placed RHP Hayden Juenger on the 7-day injured list. 05/07/25: Buffalo Bisons activated 3B Damiano Palmegiani. 05/07/25: Buffalo Bisons activated RHP Dillon Tate. 05/07/25: Buffalo Bisons placed RHP Connor Overton on the 7-day injured list. 05/07/25: Toronto Blue Jays optioned RHP Dillon Tate to Buffalo Bisons. 05/07/25: Toronto Blue Jays optioned LF Alan Roden to Buffalo Bisons. 05/07/25: Toronto Blue Jays selected the contract of RHP Braydon Fisher from Buffalo Bisons. 05/07/25: Toronto Blue Jays recalled LF Jonatan Clase from Buffalo Bisons. 05/07/25: LHP Jimmy Burnette assigned to Buffalo Bisons from New Hampshire Fisher Cats. 05/07/25: New Hampshire Fisher Cats activated C Nicolas Deschamps. 05/07/25: LHP Jimmy Burnette assigned to Buffalo Bisons from New Hampshire Fisher Cats. 05/06/25: Buffalo Bisons placed RHP Jake Bloss on the 7-day injured list. 05/06/25: Buffalo Bisons released SS Michael Turconi. 05/06/25: Buffalo Bisons sent LHP Adam Macko on a rehab assignment to FCL Blue Jays. 05/06/25: OF Andres Arias assigned to FCL Blue Jays from DSL Blue Jays Blue. 05/06/25: Dunedin Blue Jays transferred OF Yeuni Munoz from the 7-day injured list to the 60-day injured list. 05/06/25: RHP Yondrei Rojas assigned to Vancouver Canadians from Dunedin Blue Jays. 05/06/25: OF Devonte Brown assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from New Hampshire Fisher Cats. 05/06/25: Buffalo Bisons sent LHP Adam Macko on a rehab assignment to FCL Blue Jays. 05/06/25: RHP Ryan Burr assigned to FCL Blue Jays. 05/06/25: OF Andres Arias assigned to FCL Blue Jays from DSL Blue Jays Blue. 05/06/25: New Hampshire Fisher Cats released RHP Ryan Boyer. 05/06/25: OF Devonte Brown assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from New Hampshire Fisher Cats. 05/06/25: Vancouver Canadians transferred RHP Irv Carter to the Development List. 05/06/25: RHP Yondrei Rojas assigned to Vancouver Canadians from Dunedin Blue Jays. Buffalo Bisons Buffalo (2), St. Paul (6) - 5/6 Box Score The opening game of the series with the St. Paul Saints, like many games for Buffalo, started with the Bisons in a hole. In the bottom of the first inning, former Blue Jays prospect Austin Martin gave the lead to St. Paul by stealing home on a double steal with Carson McCusker. Buffalo would even things up at one run in the sixth inning on a Joey Loperfido RBI single to left field. McCusker would play villain again, hitting a home run in the bottom half of the inning to put Buffalo down two runs. In the eighth inning, St. Paul continued hitting home runs to score three more, putting Buffalo down by five. McCusker hit his second of the ballgame, putting things out of reach for Buffalo. The Bisons got a small threat going in the ninth inning, but a Jonatan Clase groundout would strand the bases loaded to end the game. Buffalo loses this one 6-2. Orelvis Martinez: 2-4, 0 R, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 2B Easton Lucas: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K Buffalo (7), St. Paul (8) - 5/7 Box Score Buffalo took the lead early in this one with an RBI single to left field from Will Wagner. The starter for Buffalo wasn't able to keep the lead, as St. Paul scored runs in the fourth and fifth innings. Anders Tolhurst would go four innings in the game and give up six hits and three runs, while striking out five batters. The Bisons would tie the score up in their half of the sixth inning on a Loperfido single, which added two runs. St. Paul would take the lead right back, though, with two runs of their own. With Buffalo down 5-4 in the top of the eighth inning, Loperfido would come back up to the plate and hit a clutch rocket home run that scored three, giving Buffalo the lead by two runs. Josh Walker came on to close the game for Buffalo, but Mike Ford stepped up to the plate and sent everyone home on a three-run blast to walk off the game, giving Buffalo the loss. Joey Loperfido: 3-4, 2 R, 4 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, 1 SB Loperfido had probably his best two-game stretch at Buffalo this year to start the week. Some more good games like this one and a call back up to Toronto might be possible. Tommy Nance: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K New Hampshire Fisher Cats New Hampshire/Hartford - 5/6 PPD New Hampshire (2), Hartford (1) F/7 - 5/7 Game 1 Box Score Wednesday was yet another doubleheader for New Hampshire, after the rainout on Tuesday. CJ Van Eyk took the mound for the Fisher Cats and put together arguably his best start of the 2025 season. After giving up a single to open the game to Cole Carrigg, he would strike out the next two batters with a caught stealing sandwiched between them. In the second inning, Hartford would draw a walk, but Van Eyk got a ground ball to end the inning on a double play. The New Hampshire bats got a threat going in the bottom of the third inning after Jay Harry walked and Jacob Sharp was hit by a pitch. RJ Schreck would cash the two runners in on a triple. Van Eyk had a shutdown inning to follow that up by striking out two more in the top of the fourth. The only blemish from Van Eyk came in the top of the seventh inning, when he walked Jose Torres. From there, Torres would advance to third on a wild pitch and score on a groundout by Dyan Jorge. It was a masterful seven-inning, complete game for Van Eyk, with the cherry on top being a win for New Hampshire, 2-1. RJ Schreck: 1-2, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 3B Schreck provided the game-winning hit in game one of the doubleheader. The triple marked his fifth extra-base hit in May and brought his average for the month to over .400. CJ Van Eyk: 7 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K Van Eyk has had a rough go of it to begin the season, having very inconsistent outings. He racked up nine swings and misses on the day, en route to six strikeouts. This game should propel him into the summer with a high bar to reach and surpass in his upcoming starts. New Hampshire (2), Hartford (4) F/7 - 5/7 - Game 2 Box Score Game two of the doubleheader on Wednesday was eerily similar to game one for the offense. The only scoring they could muster over the seven-inning shortened game was a double in the bottom of the third inning by Jace Bohrofen. His double would score Robert Brooks and Schreck and mark the end of any real threat during the game by New Hampshire. On the mound, Rafael Sanchez would get chased from the game after giving up three runs to Hartford in the top of the second inning and amassing 55 pitches. Hartford would add an insurance run in the top of the seventh inning, on a single from Juan Guerrero that scored Cole Carrigg. New Hampshire mounted a rally in the bottom of the seventh, with Alex De Jesus and Yohendrick Pinango getting on base by way of a single and a walk, respectively. Bohrofen tried to play hero, but struck out swinging to end the game, and Hartford won 4-2. Jace Bohrofen: 2-3, 2 RBI, 1 3B Bohrofen has had a slow start to May, hitting .091 for the month coming into Wednesday's doubleheader. With a couple of hits in game two, he might be back on track. Hunter Gregory: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 2 BB, 3 K Gregory continues to be one of the best arms in the New Hampshire bullpen. With another scoreless outing, he brings his ERA down to 0.69 on the season. Vancouver Canadians Vancouver (2), Spokane (9) - 05/06 Box Score In their second series against Spokane, the Canadians took the first loss, as they couldn’t get anything going, and the pitching wasn’t sharp. Juaron Watts-Brown took his second loss of the season, only going 3.2 IP and giving up five earned runs, although he did strike out seven. Adrian Pinto started off the game with a lead-off homer, but Spokane hit a bunch of extra base hits off of Vancouver’s pitching, with Aidan Longwell hitting a double in the bottom of the first to tie it up. Jackson Hornung hit a triple to score the second and last run for the Canadians in the second, but Longwell struck again with a homer to tie it up. The bottom of the fourth was a disaster for Watts-Brown, as he allowed an RBI groundout to Tevin Tucker, and Caleb Hobson was a menace on the basepaths, stealing second and causing Watts-Brown to throw a wild pitch to allow a runner to score, and then stealing home himself to make it 5-2. Braylen Wimmer hit a two-RBI double against Julio Ortiz in the bottom of the sixth before Longwell made his mark with a third extra base hit, crushing a two-run homer to score Wimmer. Adrian Pinto: 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR Pinto hit his fifth homer of the year and showed that heart matters more than height. Jonathan Todd: 1.1 IP, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K Vancouver (7), Spokane (9) - 05/07 Box Score The game started off remarkably similarly to the previous one, as Pinto led off the game with another homer. Also similarly, Longwell continued to terrorize Vancouver pitching, with another extra-base hit in the series, this time an RBI double to tie the game up in the bottom of the same inning. Vancouver starter Kevin Miranda allowed two more runs to score in the bottom of the second before Sean Keys answered back in the third with an RBI single to make it 2-3. Miranda allowed another hard hit ball with Skyler Messinger hitting a homer in the bottom of the fourth to extend the lead for Spokane. In the fifth, Keys came back, this time with a two-RBI double to tie it up, and Cutter Coffey had a double of his own to score Keys. Miranda let up another homer, this time allowing two runs to score in the fifth. Pinto hit his second homer of the night to answer back, scoring Je’Von Ward to give the Canadians the lead back before Aaron Munson and Chay Yeager lost the game with some walks and balks. Adrian Pinto: 3-4, 3 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 0 K, 2 HR, 1 2B Pinto continued his power surge with three extra-base hits on the night, taking the Canadians' homer lead and raising his OPS to .996. He’s been great as the leadoff hitter for the Canadians, and if his health holds, he could easily earn a promotion to New Hampshire sooner rather than later. Yondrei Rojas: 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K Rojas made his season debut and struck out two batters in an inning of work for the Canadians. Dunedin Blue Jays Dunedin (12), Fort Myers (13) - 05/06 Box Score This game was the definition of a slobberknocker, as Dunedin and Fort Myers traded runs. Fort Myers got out of the gate running, with starter Austin Cates not being able to get out of the first inning and allowing three runs. Juanmi Vazquez allowed three runs himself the next inning, putting the D-Jays down 6-0 early on. However, the Jays chipped away slowly at that lead, with Chirinos scoring on a wild pitch in the third, and Toman driving in Shaw in the fourth. In the fifth inning, Manuel Beltre and Sam Shaw went back-to-back to put the Jays within one. The two teams continued to trade runs as the Mighty Mussels scored again in the bottom of the fifth to add to their lead. Chirinos hit a homer to bring it back within one, before the Mighty Mussels answered back again with a double from Poncho Ruiz to score two. In the seventh, the Jays tied it with Edward Duran knocking in Shaw, and Tucker Toman knocking in two runners himself with a double. The runs dripped up for a bit, and then it went to extras, where Devonte Brown scored the ghost runner with an RBI double in the 10th, but Yohander Martinez scored for the Mighty Mussels in the bottom of that frame to send it to inning 11. Bryce Arnold hit his fifth homer on the year to put the Jays up 12-10, but the Mussels stole it in the bottom of the inning thanks to an error from Kendry Chirinos and a passed ball from Peyton Powell, as well as some poor command from Christian Mracna, which allowed three runs to score. Sam Shaw: 1-2, 4 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR, 2 K Shaw has been showing some power this season, after only hitting two homers in his career prior to this season, he’s now surpassed that total with three on the season. He hasn’t had the same contact rates as he did last season in Rookie Ball, but if he’s trading contact for power and still getting on base at a good clip, it might not be necessary. Javen Coleman: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K Coleman continues his early-season excellence, this time with an immaculate inning sprinkled in, as he struck out six batters in two innings of work, only allowing the ghost runner to score once. Dunedin (7), Fort Myers (3) - 05/07 Box Score The Dunedin Blue Jays took revenge with some extremely strong pitching after losing a heartbreaker in extras the night before. Trey Yesavage took the bump again and looked strong, but gave up a double in the first to allow the first run of the game. In the top of the third, Jean Joseph and Shaw both homered, giving the Dunedin Blue Jays a 3-1 lead, but after a throwing error from Beltre, Yasser Mercedes answered with a bomb of his own, tying the game at three apiece. Joseph continued a strong game, driving in another run in the top of the fourth, giving the Jays a lead they never looked back from. Yesavage came out after five strong innings, and Gage Stanifer was arguably even more dominant, striking out seven batters himself in four no-hit innings and earning the save. The Jays tacked on three insurance runs in the eighth from a bunch of RBI knocks from Duran, Arnold and Yhoangel Aponte, to end the game off 7-3. Sam Shaw: 2-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K Shaw went deep for the second game in a row, doubling his previous career high. The Victoria, BC native now has a .946 OPS on the season. Trey Yesavage: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 K Yesavage continues his early-season dominance in Low-A, with another strong start to earn the win for the D-Jays. His stuff did start to falter a bit as the game went on, but he’s been as good as advertised. FCL Blue Jays F-Blu (1), F-Det (2) - 5/6 Box Score In the third game of the year for the Blue Jays' rookie ball team, offense continued to be a struggle following a great first inning of the season. The Blue Jays' team managed just one hit in the seven-inning game. The one hit was a single by Dariel Ramon. On the pitching side, two rehabbing pitchers, Ryan Burr and Adam Macko were on the mound. Macko went 3.1 innings, giving up three hits and two earned runs. He walked two batters and struck out six. Dariel Ramon: 1-2, 0 BB, 0 K Adam Macko: 3.1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K DSL Blue Jays No games Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Period Pitcher of the Period: RHP Gage Stanifer (Dunedin) - 4 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 7 K Hitter of the Period: 2B Adrian Pinto (Vancouver) - 4-7, 4 R, 4 RBI, 1 BB, 0 K, 3 HR Prospect Summary (Last 2 Days) 1. Arjun Nimmala (Vancouver) - 1-8, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 2B 2. Ricky Tiedemann (Buffalo) - DNP 3. Trey Yesavage (Dunedin) - 5 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 7 K 4. Orelvis Martinez (Buffalo) - 2-9, 2 K, 1 2B 5. Khal Stephen (Dunedin) - DNP 6. Jake Bloss (Buffalo) - DNP 7. Alan Roden (Buffalo) - DNP 8. Landen Maroudis (FCL Jays) - DNP 9. Jonatan Clase (Toronto) - 2-9, 2 K 10. Kendry Rojas (Vancouver) - DNP 11. Josh Kasevich (Buffalo) - DNP 12. Johnny King (FCL Blue Jays) - DNP 13. Gage Stanifer (Dunedin) - 4 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 7 K 14. Adam Macko (FCL Jays) - 3.1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K 15. Charles McAdoo (New Hampshire) - 1-5, 1 BB, 3 K 16. Fernando Perez (Vancouver) - 17. Brandon Barriera (Dunedin) - DNP 18. Emmanuel Bonilla (FCL Blue Jays) - 0-3, 1 K 19. Juaron Watts-Brown (Vancouver) - 3.2 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 7 K 20. Jace Bohrofen - 2-6, 2 RBI, 2 K View full article

We are wrapping up the first month of games in the minor leagues, and it's time to hand out the starting pitcher awards. This includes the top five, as well as some honorable mentions to reveal. It was quite difficult to come to a conclusion as to who would be an honorable mention and who would take the mythical and coveted top spot as the best starting pitcher in the Toronto Blue Jays farm system. (which is a good thing for the Jays and their fans) The pitching across the first month has been spectacular. Eleven pitchers that can be classified as starters have an ERA below 4.00. There are even 10 starting pitchers that have a WHIP below 1.25. It's been a breath of fresh air seeing so many starting pitchers having a great start to the season. Let's get into the honorable mentions before we reveal the top five. Honorable Mentions Eric Lauer, Triple-A Buffalo - 24 IP, 24 H, 12 ER, 5.9% BB Rate, 20.6% K Rate Lauer has been one of the more consistent starting pitchers in Triple-A Buffalo's rotation. He started out a little shaky in his first few starts, but in his last two, he has gotten it going. In those two games, he pitched 10 innings, gave up 10 hits, and struck out 10, while only giving up two runs. On April 30, he earned a promotion to the majors, where he came out of the bullpen and tossed four solid innings, keeping the Blue Jays in the game. Rafael Sanchez, Double-A New Hampshire - 21 IP, 0.95 WHIP, 1.29 ERA, 8.4% BB Rate, 25.3% K Rate Sanchez has been an innings-eater for New Hampshire this year. In his four starts, he has gone at least five innings in each, with his last start being his longest outing at six innings. His calling card, so to speak, is keeping runners off base, with a WHIP under 1.00 so far this season. Gilberto Batista, Low-A Dunedin - 22 IP, 0.86 WHIP, 2.05 ERA, 3.5% BB Rate, 21.2% K Rate Batista has been one of the starting pitcher breakouts in the Blue Jays farm system in 2025. About the only thing keeping him from joining the top five is his lower strikeout rate. Being only 20 years old, though, he has plenty of time to improve his strikeout numbers and become more prospect-relevant with each solid game he can put under his belt. Top Five Starting Pitchers of the Month 5. Juaron Watts-Brown, High-A Vancouver - 18 IP, 1.34 WHIP, 3.38 ERA, 8.6% BB Rate, 33.3% K Rate Watts-Brown started the season off hotter than any other pitcher in the organization. He went 4 2/3 strong innings, striking out 10, and not giving up a run. His last two starts haven't been as good, but when considering he was up against lineups that included the likes of James Tibbs III and Lazaro Montes, his performance for the month gave him a slight nod over Batista. Watts-Brown has been well above average in striking hitters out and in getting swinging strikes (SwStr%). His percentile ranks in those metrics put him in the 86th and 90th percentiles, respectively. His strike-throwing across the first month was only average, which is one thing he will need to focus on in month two. 4. Ryan Watson, Double-A New Hampshire - 22 IP, 0.73 WHIP, 1.64 ERA, 2.5% BB Rate, 22.2% K Rate Watson has the story for fans to get behind him, but his performance over the first month of the season has to be making the front office raise an eyebrow as well. In three of his four starts, he went six innings, and all of those were quality starts. What Watson has done well so far this season is throw strikes and throw a lot of them. He is in the 98th percentile in strike rate and 97th percentile in walk rate. He has also been near elite in BABIP, showing that when he does get hit, it's usually been at a fielder. 3. Jackson Wentworth, High-A Vancouver - 21.2 IP, 1.29 WHIP, 4.15 ERA, 12.9% BB Rate, 29% K Rate Wentworth had two really good starts in the middle of the month, where he went 9 1/3 innings, struck out 16 and walked only two batters. It's those two games against the Tibbs and Montes-led teams that give him the edge in the monthly rankings and see him take the number three spot. Wentworth has been well above average in striking out hitters and near elite in line drive rate. Another month like the one he just had, and he will be making a push for the top spot on the pitchers of the month. 2. Khal Stephen, Low-A Dunedin - 24.2 IP, 0.973 WHIP, 2.19 ERA, 6.2% BB Rate, 28.9% K Rate Stephen's professional career started this month, and it could not have gone any better for him. In his first two starts, he went 11 innings, giving up three hits, only one run, and striking out 15. He had a little hiccup in his last start, giving up four walks, but other than that game, he hasn't surrendered more than one in a contest. Stephen has been above average or elite so far in most statistical categories. What has been most impressive is his strike-throwing ability and command of his pitches. For someone out of a Big Ten college, he has been a massive breakout and a win for the front office. Starting Pitcher of the Month 1. Trey Yesavage, Low-A Dunedin - 17 1/3 IP, 0.98 WHIP, 3.12 ERA, 11.8% BB-Rate, 41.2% K-Rate The MVP of the starting pitchers down on the Toronto Blue Jays farm system is none other than Trey Yesavage. His first game started out somewhat rough. He went 3 2/3 innings, giving up one hit and two unearned runs. He would strike out four hitters, but struggled mightily with his command and ended up walking six. From there, the Blue Jays first-round pick would get his bearings and be as dominant as a pitcher can be. In his next three starts, he would only walk two batters over 13 2/3 innings, while giving up just six runs. The impressive feat in that span was his ability to strike hitters out, recording 24 strikeouts (including two 10-strikeout games). Looking into Yesavage's percentile ranks, he is in the elite category in strikeout rate, swinging strike rate, and batting average against. Another month like April and he will wind up with a promotion to High-A Vancouver. View full article

CURRENT W-L Records Buffalo Bisons: 11-16 New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 9-13 Vancouver Canadians: 12-11 Dunedin Blue Jays: 12-11 FCL Blue Jays: 0-0 (Season not started) DSL Blue Jays: 0-0 (Season not started) TRANSACTIONS 04/30/25 - Toronto Blue Jays selected the contract of LHP Eric Lauer from Buffalo Bisons. 04/30/25 - Dunedin Blue Jays placed OF Braden Barry on the 7-day injured list 04/30/25 - Dunedin Blue Jays placed C Brock Tibbitts on the 7-day injured list 04/30/25 - Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent LHP Giacomo Taschin to a minor league contract 04/29/25 - LHP Jimmy Burnette assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Buffalo Bisons. 04/29/25 - Toronto Blue Jays optioned 3B Will Wagner to Buffalo Bisons 04/29/25 - Toronto Blue Jays optioned RHP Paxton Schultz to Buffalo Bisons 04/29/25 - Dunedin Blue Jays placed OF Yeuni Munoz on the 7-day injured list 04/29/25 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats activated CF Dasan Brown from the 7-day injured list. 04/29/25 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats activated 2B Cade Doughty from the 7-day injured list 04/29/25 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats transferred OF Devonte Brown to the Development List. 04/29/25 - LHP Jimmy Burnette assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Buffalo Bisons. Buffalo Bisons Buffalo (1), Iowa (9) - 4/29 Box Score The Buffalo Bisons kicked off a series against the Iowa Cubs on Tuesday, and it was jam-packed with top-end prospects. Cade Horton took the mound for Iowa and looked very much like a legit, future major league starting pitcher. He shut down Buffalo from the start of the game and went through six innings. Joey Loperfido got things started in the first inning though, with a 377-foot home run to right field. The Bisons would tack on two more hits versus Horton, but nothing else, even after he came out of the game. The offense was just nonexistent again, with just three total hits. On the pitching side for the Bisons, Lazaro Estrada got the start and pitched solidly over four innings. He gave up eight hits, but managed to limit the damage to just three earned runs, helped by his five strikeouts on the day. Connor Overton took over for Estrada, and the game went sideways, with Iowa adding six more runs over two innings to push the game well out of reach. Joey Loperfido: 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HR Loperfido launched his third home run of the season off of Horton in the first inning. Loperfido has been slowly finding his swing in the last week or so, going 7-for-26 with two home runs over his last seven games. Lazaro Estrada: 4 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K Buffalo (10), Iowa (8) - 4/30 Box Score The Wednesday game between the Bisons and Cubs turned into a shootout, with the first team to 10 runs taking the game. Buffalo scored first and put up a lot of runs in the second inning. Christian Bethancourt got things started with a three-run home run, after Rainer Nunez and Will Robertson got on base. Two walks would again put runners on base, and Buffalo capitalized with a two-RBI single from Loperfido. Davis Schneider would put a bow on the inning with an RBI triple. In the bottom of the third inning, Bisons starter Anders Tolhurst gave three of those runs back, on a Matt Shaw double and a Moises Ballesteros home run. Buffalo and Iowa would trade runs in the fourth inning, making the score 7-4 with Buffalo leading. In the fifth, a Josh Rivera double put Buffalo up four runs. That lead was short-lived, as Ballesteros homered a second time and Jonathon Long went deep as well to make it 8-7. A Bethancourt sacrifice fly and a Schneider double would jump Buffalo's lead to three, at 10-7. Iowa would add a run in the bottom of the ninth, but Buffalo would shut the door, finishing this barn burner with a 10-8 victory. Joey Loperfido: 2-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 1Bs, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 SB Andrew Bash: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K New Hampshire Fisher Cats New Hampshire (5), Portland (9) - 4/29 Box Score New Hampshire opened a new series Tuesday against the Portland Sea Dogs. The weather was a wonderful 83 degrees, and the bats for both teams were alive in this game. Devereaux Harrison was touched up a lot, starting with three runs on two home runs in the second inning by Portland. Then another three runs on a walk and three singles in the third inning. New Hampshire tried to stay within striking distance, scoring two runs in the second inning on a groundout and a walk. Back-to-back doubles in the third inning by Dasan Brown and Cade Doughty would score a run. The Fisher Cats would add two more in the fourth inning on a double by Charles McAdoo, bringing them to within one run at 6-5. Unfortunately, that is where the scoring would end for New Hampshire, as they only managed three more hits the rest of the game and would lose by a final score of 9-5. Charles McAdoo: 2-5, 2 RBI, 2 2B McAdoo has been struggling for most of the season so far, but on Tuesday, he was dialed in with a couple of doubles. It might just have been the horrible weather early in the season that had taken the bite out of his bat. A turnaround in May might just be what he needs to salvage his season. Ryan Jennings: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K New Hampshire (3), Portland (2) - 4/30 - Game 1 Box Score In the first game of the doubleheader on Wednesday, New Hampshire sent CJ Van Eyk to the mound with the hopes that he could eat some innings and not tax the bullpen. He did just that, as he went six innings after a rough beginning in the first where he gave up a run. Jace Bohrofen would even the game up in the bottom of the first inning on his fifth home run of the season. Portland would take the lead back on a home run by Mikey Romero. The game would sit there until the bottom of the sixth inning, when a bases-loaded single would score two runs and give New Hampshire the lead in the shortened game. Hunter Gregory would come into the game in the top of the seventh inning for Van Eyk and close it out for the win, 3-2. Ryan McCarty: 2-3, 2 RBI, 1 K It was McCarty's second multi-hit game of the year and his first multi-RBI game. CJ Van Eyk: 6 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K Van Eyk has struggled a lot this season, but with this nice performance, he brings his ERA down to 6.46. It also gives him something to build on as the calendar turns over to May. New Hampshire (2), Portland (3) - 4/30 - Game 2 Box Score In game two of the doubleheader, New Hampshire would flip to the away team. Portland would strike first in the bottom of the first inning on a Blaze Jordan single and a Tyler Miller double. New Hampshire would rally for a run in the next half inning via a Yohendrick Pinango double that scored Gabriel Martinez. Bobby Milacki would give up a run for New Hampshire when Portland's Jhostynxon Garcia tripled and scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the third inning. Pinango got New Hampshire one run closer in the top of the sixth inning by way of a solo shot to center field. The bats fell silent from there, as the Fisher Cats lost game two of the doubleheader 3-2. Yohendrick Pinango: 2-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B, 1 HR Pinango ends the month of April as the hottest hitter on the team. Geison Urbaez: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K Vancouver Canadians Vancouver (15), Hillsboro (9) - 04/29 Box Score Vancouver faces the Northwest League-leading Hillsboro for the first time this season. The Canadians came out swinging, with a 3-0 bottom of the inning with Sean Keys scoring two off of a two-RBI double and Hornung knocking in Aaron Parker on a sac-fly. Jackson Wentworth wasn’t at his best, giving up five walks on the night, but still managed to only allow two runs to score in 3 2/3 innings of work. Walks were contagious this game, as although Wentworth let in a couple of runs on two sacrifice flies by the top of the third, the Canadians scored a few of their own through a double steal from Nick Goodwin and Jackson Hornung in one of the greatest baserunning sequences you could see. It seems like the pitcher Liam Norris was rattled after that, as he gave up three walks, including a bases-loaded one to Parker. Cutter Coffey drove in two more on a single, and Keys singled right after to bring the lead to 9-2. The Hops chipped a bit away on the lead in the sixth, but the Canadians scored five more in the bottom of the eighth to make it 15-5. Hillsboro fought back a bit in the ninth, but at that point it was too late, as Julio Ortiz gave up four runs, but JJ Sanchez ultimately closed the game out. Victor Arias - 4-6, 3 R, 1 RBI , 2 K Arias had himself a four-hit night, scoring three times. Arias has now pushed his batting average over .300 again, and he’s been a staple at the top of the lineup for the Canadians. Pat Gallagher - 1.1 IP, 0 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, W Vancouver (9), Hillsboro (6) - 04/30 Box Score Vancouver continues to out-hit the Hops, this time with Arjun Nimmala leading the way with his seventh multi-hit game. The Canadians scored seven runs in the first three innings to make it really hard for the Hops to come back from. Chay Yeager, who has been excellent all season, finally hit a speed bump after a scoreless inning, where he let in three runs on two hits and two walks in his second inning of work on the night. Bo Bonds was excellent though, pitching two innings and getting the save to give the Canadians a 2-0 series lead. Arjun Nimmala - 3-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 2B Nimmala has absolutely taken to High-A, pushing his OPS up above .900 with 2 extra base hits on the night. He’s continuing to hit for power, but he’s cut his K rate down to 21.3% while walking 8.5% of the time. The talented shortstop had a slight setback with a shoulder injury midway through the month, but other than that has looked like the best player on the Canadians, and he’s only 19 years old! Juaron Watts-Brown - 4.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 10 K Watts-Brown is a stuff monster; his fastball-slider combo is incredibly hard for batters to hit, and his first five outs on the night were all strikeouts. Watts-Brown ended his outing with five more strikeouts and generated 15 whiffs on the night. Dunedin Blue Jays Dunedin (4), Clearwater (5) - 04/29 Box Score This was the first series rematch for the Dunedin Blue Jays, who lost the opening series to Clearwater one game to two. Gilberto Batista didn’t have his best start, allowing four runs in five innings of work. Still, the Jays were able to score four runs on the Threshers thanks to the middle of the lineup, with Duran, Aponte and Toman all with some early clutch hits. Johan Simon came into the sixth and allowed a run, but Dunedin couldn’t muster any other runs, even when loading the bases in the bottom of the ninth. Tucker Toman - 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 2B Toman has struggled recently, so having a solid game like this one could hopefully boost his confidence and help him find the production he had early in the season. Bennett Flynn - 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K Dunedin (0), Clearwater (4) - 04/30 Box Score Dunedin was silenced against Clearwater, as no one was able to threaten with only five hits and one walk. In fact, the Jays only got one at-bat above the minimum, as both Arnold and Jean Joseph hit into double plays. Cates pitched decently, but gave up three solo shots by the fourth inning. The bullpen made its best attempt to claw its way back, and even the catcher-turned-pitcher Nate LaRue made an appearance, though he gave up the fourth and final run of the game. Yhoangel Aponte - 1-2, 1 BB, 1 K Aponte was the only Dunedin Blue Jay to get on base multiple times this game. Eminen Flores - 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K FCL Blue Jays No games DSL Blue Jays No games Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Period Pitcher of the Period: RHP Juaron Watts-Brown (Vancouver) - 4.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 10 K Hitter of the Period: OF Victor Arias (Vancouver) - 6-11, 6 R, 1 RBI, 2 K, Prospect Summary (Last 2 Days) 1. Arjun Nimmala (Vancouver) - 3-9, 4 R, 1 2 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 2 2B 2. Trey Yesavage (Dunedin) - DNP 3. Ricky Tiedemann (Buffalo) - DNP 4. Orelvis Martinez (Buffalo) - 0-3, 0 BB, 1 K 5. Jake Bloss (Buffalo) - DNP 6. Alan Roden (Toronto) - DNP 7. Josh Kasevich (Buffalo) - DNP 8. Kendry Rojas (Vancouver) - DNP 9. Khal Stephen (Dunedin) - DNP 10. Charles McAdoo (New Hampshire) - 4-11, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 3 K, 2 2B 11. Adam Macko (Buffalo) - DNP 12. Landen Maroudis (Dunedin) - DNP 13. Fernando Perez (Vancouver) - DNP 14. Will Wagner (Toronto) - Graduated 15. Johnny King (FCL Blue Jays) - DNP 16. Brandon Barriera (Dunedin) - DNP 17. Emmanuel Bonilla (FCL Blue Jays) - DNP 18. Juaron Watts-Brown (Vancouver) - 4.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 10 K 19. Eddinson Paulino (New Hampshire) - DNP 20. Dahian Santos (New Hampshire) - DNP View full article

Orelvis MartinezRicky TiedemannTrey YesavageArjun NimmalaAlan RodenJonatan ClaseLanden MaroudisKhal StephenGage StaniferJake BlossBrandon BarrieraJace BohrofenYohendrick PinangoYeuni MunozEnmanuel BonillaVictor AriasJuaron Watts-BrownJosh KasevichKendry RojasAdrian Pinto

Orelvis MartinezRicky TiedemannTrey YesavageArjun NimmalaAlan RodenJonatan ClaseLanden MaroudisKhal StephenGage StaniferJake BlossBrandon BarrieraJace BohrofenYohendrick PinangoYeuni MunozEnmanuel BonillaVictor AriasJuaron Watts-BrownJosh KasevichKendry RojasAdrian Pinto

It was a strong weekend for the teams in the Blue Jays' minor league system, featuring standout performances from Jake Bloss and Arjun Nimmala. CURRENT W-L Records Buffalo Bisons: 10-15 New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 8-11 Vancouver Canadians: 10-11 Dunedin Blue Jays: 12-9 FCL Blue Jays: 0-0 (Season not started) DSL Blue Jays: 0-0 (Season not started) RECENT TRANSACTIONS 04/28/25 - Toronto Blue Jays optioned LF Jonatan Clase to Buffalo Bisons 04/27/25 - Buffalo Bisons activated LHP Jimmy Burnette 04/27/25 - Toronto Blue Jays recalled LF Jonatan Clase from Buffalo Bisons 04/27/25 - LHP Jimmy Burnette assigned to Buffalo Bisons from New Hampshire Fisher Cats 04/27/25 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats transferred C Nicolas Deschamps to the Development List 04/27/25 - LHP Jimmy Burnette assigned to Buffalo Bisons from New Hampshire Fisher Cats. Buffalo Bisons Buffalo (4), Rochester (3) - 4/26 Box Score This game between Buffalo and Rochester was a nail-biter from the beginning to the end. The Bisons would take a first crack at getting on the scoreboard when they loaded the bases in the bottom of the first inning. Joey Loperfido singled, Davis Schneider doubled, and Will Robertson was intentionally walked to load them up. Orelvis Martinez would fly out to right field to end the threat. The Red Wings took charge in the third inning, taking a two-run lead and adding a run in the fifth. In the bottom of the sixth though, the Bisons would flip the script after the starting pitcher for the Red Wings was removed for a reliever. The Bisons again loaded the bases, but this time they cashed in the runs on a walk, a double play ground out, an error, and a Michael Stefanic double. They would plate four runs and take a one-run lead. Tommy Nance would come on in the ninth inning and close the door, notching the save for the Bisons. Orelvis Martinez: 2-4, 1 R, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K Trenton Wallace: 4 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 7 K Buffalo (2), Rochester (0) - 4/27 Box Score The Buffalo Bisons took their second straight victory of the weekend with this one. Jake Bloss had probably his most complete game as a Bison. He mixed strikeouts and groundouts to keep Rochester in check. They never really threatened to score with him on the mound. He pitched 4.1 innings, gave up three hits, zero earned runs, walked just one batter, and struck out five. The rest of the Bisons’ relievers matched his performance with a clean 4.2 innings pitched, allowing just five hits and zero earned runs. A throwing error in the fourth inning would plate the decisive run for Buffalo, and Daulton Varsho added an RBI single in the seventh. Riley Tirotta: 1-3, 1 R, 0 RBI, 1 BB, 0 K Jake Bloss: 4.1 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K New Hampshire Fisher Cats New Hampshire (1), Binghamton (0) - 4/26 Box Score New Hampshire sent Ryan Watson to the mound on Saturday to try to stifle the bats of the Binghamton Rumble Ponies. He did that and more across his six innings of work. He struck out six, walked none, and only gave up two hits. Unfortunately for New Hampshire, the bats did not properly take advantage of the stellar pitching performance and put up a goose egg themselves against Binghamton's starting pitcher, Jonathan Pintaro. After a rain delay in the bottom of the seventh inning, New Hampshire got on the board when Yohendrick Pinango doubled home Ryan McCarty. It would be the lone run of the game, as Ryan Jennings and Hunter Gregory would combine to pitch three shutout innings out of the bullpen. New Hampshire would take this game 1-0 and surprisingly not commit an error in doing so. Yohendrick Pinango: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 2B Pinango just keeps chugging along and continues to shine above the rest of the hitters at Double-A. Ryan Watson: 6 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K A fan favorite with three straight quality starts – we want more of that. Watson really worked the fastball up in the zone today and got some swings and misses for strikeouts. He was then able to effectively use the slider away as well to finish a couple of at-bats. He lowers his ERA to 1.64 on the season and has firmly placed himself on the prospect map as someone to keep an eye on. New Hampshire (1), Binghamton (2) - 4/27 Box Score Sunday afternoon saw the final game of the week's long series with Binghamton come to an end. Jonah Tong would be on the mound for the second time this week, and he wouldn't disappoint. In fact, he was masterful in his pure dominance of the New Hampshire lineup. He struck out 10 hitters over the four innings he pitched, only giving up one hit and one walk along the way. For the Fisher Cats, Michael Dominguez was tasked with matching Tong and did so for most of his outing, although it was under duress. He allowed a runner to reach second base in each of the first two innings but closed them out, stranding the runners there. In the bottom of the third inning, he gave up two doubles, scoring a run and giving the lead to Binghamton, 1-0. In the fifth inning, a wild pitch moved Ryan McCarty into scoring position, and a single by Jacob Sharp brought him home. In the bottom of the sixth inning, an Omar De Los Santos triple would score a runner and give Binghamton the lead back. New Hampshire mounted a late rally in the top of the eighth inning, when a double steal by Charles McAdoo and Jay Harry put runners on second and third with one out in the inning. Unfortunately, McCarty and Alex De Jesus would strike out to end the threat. In the top of the ninth inning, a balk moved Devonte Brown to second base, where he would be stranded to end the game following strikeouts from Pinango and Jace Bohrofen. The Fisher Cats moved to 8-11 following the 2-1 loss. Jay Harry: 1-3, 1 BB, 2 K, 2 SB Harry has been a bright spark in his first couple of games at Double-A, hitting .400 with an RBI and a couple of stolen bases. Connor Larkin: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K Vancouver Canadians Vancouver (10), Everett (1) - 04/26 Box Score After some lackluster offensive performances from the Canadians in the first four games of the series, they put up double digits on the AquaSox, with big contributions from Arjun Nimmala, Cutter Coffey, Sean Keys and Carter Cunningham. Switch pitcher and Khal Stephen’s former teammate Jurrangelo Cijntje got beat up by the Jays prospects, with Keys hitting a three-run homer in the top of the third, and Coffey hitting his second double of the year. Cijntje was replaced in the fifth, and Coffey recorded his second extra-base hit of the night, hitting a two-run homer to score Keys. Nimmala hit his second homer in two games to push the lead to seven in the fifth, and Cunningham capped off the homerfest with a two-run homer in the seventh. The pitching was almost as good, with Fernando Perez putting up his best start of the season, Chay Yeager pitching two scoreless innings with four strikeouts, and Nate Garkow earning a save with three innings of scoreless ball. Sean Keys - 2-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 0 K, 1 HR Keys showed some of the pop that got him drafted by the Jays, off of a really talented pitcher in the Mariners' 2024 first-round selection. His batting average is still under the Mendoza line, but Keys has gotten on-base at a reasonable clip (.365), and his walk rate equals his strikeout rate at 17.6%. Fernando Perez - 4.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K Perez had a really nice bounce-back start after not getting a single out in his last appearance. He matched his strikeout total from his past three starts. He still hasn’t pitched up to five innings in a game as of yet, which will need to be the next step. Vancouver (9), Everett (8) - 04/27 Box Score This was a high-scoring affair that started off with the Jays' No. 1 prospect going deep in the top of the first. Coffey and Cunningham both drove in a run in the third to give the Canadians an early 3-0 lead, but in the bottom of the third, Grant Rogers finally looked human and gave up a two-run double to Tai Peete. In the bottom of the fourth, Rogers let in another three runs, struggling with keeping runners off the basepaths. In the half-inning after, the Canadians threatened again, with Nimmala getting on from a throwing error, and the bases were loaded after a Cunningham single and an HBP, which led to a scored run on a sac fly from Alex Stone. The game remained 5-4 for the AquaSox until the bottom of the eighth, when they extended their lead against Bo Bonds, who gave up a homer. Immediately after, the Canadians came roaring back with Nick Goodwin, Victor Arias, and Nimmala all singling to load the bases again, and a bases-loaded walk from Cunningham and a Brennan Orf bases-clearing double put the Canadians up 8-6. The AquaSox came back again, though, as Peete scored Colt Emerson on a double and Kai Peterson let Peete score off a triple from Lazaro Montes to send the game to extras. Eddie Micheletti Jr. scored the ghost runner on an RBI double, and Peterson shut the door in the 10th to secure the win and the series split. Arjun Nimmala - 2-5, 3 R, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 HR Nimmala continued to establish himself at only 19 years old, hitting his third homer in three straight days, all while cutting his strikeout rate significantly compared to last season. He’s progressed much faster than people expected and has really taken to the challenge of Vancouver. If all goes well, we could even see him in New Hampshire this season. Kai Peterson - 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 K, 0 ER The lefty reliever continues to be excellent for the Canadians, dropping his ERA to 1.08 on the season. He did blow the save in the ninth but still got the win in extra innings, stranding the ghost runner. Dunedin Blue Jays Dunedin (5), Tampa (1) - 04/26 Box Score The Tarpons stood no chance against starter Colby Holcombe, who went five innings of shutout ball with six strikeouts, only allowing four hits and a walk. Daniel Guerra pitched well in relief as well, allowing a single run in three innings of work with two strikeouts. Although he lost his starting job to Gilberto Batista, he is still showing some promise as a big-bodied pitcher. The offense did its thing, with J.R. Freethy scoring on a wild pitch in the top of the first and Edward Duran driving in a run on a fielder’s choice. Sam Shaw homered for the second time in the top of the third to give the Jays a 3-0 lead, and in the fifth, Duran capitalized again with a two-RBI single to give him three on the night. The Jays couldn’t get anything going against the Tarpons' pen, headlined by a rehabbing Jonathan Loáisiga, but nothing was necessary as the Tarpons only scored one all night. Sam Shaw - 2-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR The 20-year-old Vancouver native pushed his OPS above 1.000 with his second homer of the season, matching his previous career high in homers in just eight games played. The young second baseman has been previously touted for his hit tool, but has displayed some power this season that he wasn't able to get to previously. Shaw is also walking at an absurd rate, nearly 30% of the time, and he’s been getting on-base over 50% of the time at a .514 clip. He’s most likely not going to run that high of a walk rate, or BABIP, or ISO, but these 37 plate appearances have been very promising for the former ninth-round pick. Colby Holcombe - 5.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K Holcombe made the third great start for a Dunedin pitcher in a row, allowing no runs in five innings of work. He was reliant on his fastball-cutter combo, allowing only weak contact and generating 11 whiffs. Holcombe showcased his changeup a bit as well, showing a good ability to put it in the zone, but no one chased it when it was out of the zone, and it only led to a pair of whiffs all game. Still, Holcombe won his first game of the season and joined Sam Shaw as another ninth-round pick who greatly contributed to this win. Dunedin (8), Tampa (5) - 04/27 Box Score Khal Stephen did not look his sharpest in this game, walking four batters and allowing five hits and three earned runs in only 3.2 innings of work, while only striking out three. The stuff still looked solid, with his fastball sitting 93 mph with nearly 20 inches of induced vertical break, but he struggled to land the zone with any of his secondaries. Luckily for him, the offense picked him up, with Yhoangel Aponte, Manuel Beltre, and Tucker Toman driving in four runs against the Tarpons starter, 2024 fourth-round pick Gage Ziehl. Brock Tibbitts and Yeuni Munoz joined in on the fun, both with an extra base hit each, a double and a homer, respectively, to make it 6-3 in the seventh. Eminen Flores made it interesting, allowing the Tarpons to score two runs with a couple of walks and some shaky defense from Tibbitts, but Braden Barry and Beltre scored two insurance runs in the eighth. Javen Coleman and Christian Mracna pitched three scoreless innings to end the game for the Jays and win five out of six against the Yankees' Single-A team. Yeuni Munoz - 2-5, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B, 1 HR Munoz again showed off his pop, with two extra base hits on the night after a slower past couple of games, pushing his slugging percentage back over .600. For reference, his OPS was just .599 across two minor league levels last season, showing how big of an improvement both his health and hitting ability have brought about. Jevan Coleman - 2.0 IP, 0 ER, 2 K FCL Blue Jays No games DSL Blue Jays No games Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Period Pitcher of the Period: RHP Jake Bloss (Buffalo) - 4.1 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K Hitter of the Period: SS Arjun Nimmala (Vancouver) - 3-9, 4 R, 4 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 2 HR Prospect Summary (4/26-4/27) 1. Arjun Nimmala (Vancouver) - 3-9, 4 R, 4 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 2 HR 2. Trey Yesavage (Dunedin) - DNP 3. Ricky Tiedemann (Buffalo) - DNP 4. Orelvis Martinez (Buffalo) - 3-7, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 2B 5. Jake Bloss (Buffalo) - 4.1 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K 6. Alan Roden (Toronto) - 0-5, 1 K 7. Josh Kasevich (Buffalo) - DNP 8. Kendry Rojas (Vancouver) - DNP 9. Khal Stephen (Dunedin) - 3.2 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 3 K 10. Charles McAdoo (New Hampshire) - 1-8, 4 K 11. Adam Macko (Buffalo) - DNP 12. Landen Maroudis (Dunedin) - DNP 13. Fernando Perez (Vancouver) - 4 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K 14. Will Wagner (Toronto) - Graduated 15. Johnny King (FCL Blue Jays) - DNP 16. Brandon Barriera (Dunedin) - DNP 17. Emmanuel Bonilla (FCL Blue Jays) - DNP 18. Juaron Watts-Brown (Vancouver) - DNP 19. Eddinson Paulino (New Hampshire) - 0-1 20. Dahian Santos (New Hampshire) - DNP View full article

Catch up with the latest on the Jays' farm in the latest. CURRENT W-L Records -Buffalo Bisons: 4-8 -New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 3-3 -Vancouver Canadians: 5-4 -Dunedin Blue Jays: 4-5 -FCL Blue Jays: 0-0 (Season not started) -DSL Blue Jays: 0-0 (Season not started) TRANSACTIONS -04/11/25 - Buffalo Bisons activated RHP Tommy Nance from the temporarily inactive list. -04/11/25 - RHP Ryan Boyer assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Buffalo Bisons. -04/11/25 - RHP Bryan Borbon assigned to DSL Blue Jays 2 from DSL Blue Jays 2. -04/11/25 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats activated RHP Ryan Boyer. -04/11/25 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats transferred C Nicolas Deschamps to the Development List. -04/11/25 - RHP Ryan Boyer assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Buffalo Bisons. Buffalo Bisons Buffalo (8), Durham (5) - 4/11 Box Score The Buffalo Bisons came out swinging in this one and crushed the baseball on their way to beating the Durham Bulls. Lazaro Estrada started the game for the Bisons and gave up three quick runs to the Bulls in the first and second innings. Carson Williams for the Bulls did the damage on a triple that drove in two runs. The Bisons got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the 2nd inning, when Riley Tirotta hit his first home run of the season, a 389 FT shot to left field. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Orelvis Martinez got a hold of an 83 MPH cutter and launched it over the left field fence. A classic Martinez home run with an exit velocity of 112.1 MPH, a launch angle of 29 degrees, and traveled 427 FT. Rainer Nunez followed right after, by taking a pitch over the right field wall, going 362 FT for an opposite field home run. The Bisons would take the game over with RBI singles in the 6th, 7th, and 8th innings by Ali Sanchez, Michael Stefanic, and Ali Sanchez again. Addison Barger and Orelvis Martinez capped off the scoring with RBI walks. Orelvis Martinez: 1-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR Orelvis Martinez has had a rough start to the minor league season, but got all of his home run in this game. He seems to be in Spring Training mode after he missed the first weekend of games due to a viral illness. It has caused his timing to be off at the plate and he is working to find it again. Paxton Schultz: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K Schultz has made a habit of coming in after bad starts for the Bisons starting pitchers. He hasn't given up an earned run this season and looks to be finding his groove striking out hitters. Buffalo (1), Durham (4) - 4/12 - Game 1 Box Score In game one of the double header, the Bisons were shut down by the Bulls’ starter Logan Workman. Addison Barger got the Bisons on the board with a first inning home run that went 407 FT and left the bat at 113.6 MPH. They would only add two more singles for the rest of the seven inning game. Eric Lauer started for the Bisons and gave up four runs over five innings. Eric Pardino finished the last two innings, while allowing just one hit. Addison Barger: 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HR Eric Pardinho: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K Buffalo (1), Durham (2) - 4/12 - Game 2 Box Score In game two of the double header, things got worse offensively for the Bisons. They only managed two hits all game over the seven innings. After Durham took the lead in the fourth inning on a Carson Williams home run, Michael Stefanic hit an RBI single to inch the Bisons within one run. That would be it though, as the Bisons would lose their second game on the day. Jonatan Clase continued to add to his early season success, going 1-2 with a single and a walk. Bobby Milacki started the game for the Bisons and did well, pitching three innings while only allowing two hits, a walk, and no runs. Michael Stefanic: 1-3, 0 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K Bobby Milacki: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K Buffalo (5), Durham (3) - 4/13 Box Score The Buffalo Bisons prevented a three game losing streak by taking this game with a late inning barrage of runs. Trenton Wallace and Andrew Bash each pitched three innings for the Bisons and combined held the Bulls to just four hits and two runs, while striking out nine batters. In the third inning, catcher Christian Bethancourt got the Bisons a run on a 435 FT massive home run. The bats stayed quiet until the sixth inning for the Bisons. Joey Loperfido plated a run on a double and Rainer Nunez cashed him in to tie the game on a line drive to center field. Addison Barger added a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning and Will Robertson hit a home run in the eighth inning to put the game out of reach. Michael Stefanic: 3-4, 1 R, 0 RBI, 1 2B Andrew Bash: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K New Hampshire Fisher Cats New Hampshire (4), Portland (3) - 4/11 Box Score New Hampshire came to play Friday night and it took a team effort to pull out the come from behind win against Portland on another cold night in Maine. After Portland got a run from a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first inning, New Hampshire would answer with an RBI single from Yohendrick Pinango that scored RJ Schreck. Down 3-1 in the top of the seventh inning, Robert Brooks cleared the Maine Monster in left field to bring New Hampshire to within one run of Portland. It was followed shortly by a Yohendrick Pinango RBI single, scoring Charles McAdoo. The bullpen would keep the Portland hitters in check, combining for five innings, allowing zero hits, zero walks, and striking out six. The game would head to extra innings, but not last long, as McAdoo led off the tenth inning with a blast off of the Maine Monster for an RBI double. Charles McAdoo: 2-4, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 2B, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 SB McAdoo is starting to show the Blue Jays what he can do after a rough debut for them following being traded in 2024. He has nice power/speed tools, which were on full display Friday night. Johnathan Lavallee: 2.2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K Lavallee has now pitched 3.2 innings on the season and has only given up one hit, while striking out four. New Hampshire/Portland - 4/12 - PPD New Hampshire/Portland - 4/13 - Game 1 - PPD New Hampshire/Portland - 4/13 - Game 2 - PPD Vancouver Canadians Vancouver (6), Spokane (8) - 4/11 Box Score Vancouver got to Jordy Vargas early, with Keys hitting a 2-run homer, Victor Arias hitting a double and Eddie Michelleti Jr. taking a walk, which resulted in Vargas getting taken out before finishing the inning. However, Perdomo got out of the jam and Jackson Wentworth gave up a 2 out 3-run homer after a bloop single and a walk. Wentworth continued to struggle, giving up another 2 more runs before being taken out after 3.2 IP. Vancouver kept it close with Arias driving in a run, and another scoring after Coffey grounded into a double play. Jay Harry also got his 2nd homer of the season, to even it out at 5. Canadians reliever Julio Ortiz gave up another 3 runs himself, and the offense could not catch up after that, only scoring 1 run as an answer, leading to Spokane winning the game. Sean Keys - 1-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1HR, 1HBP Keys blasted this homer off the scoreboard on a pitch from MLB Pipeline’s 14th ranked Rockies Prospect Jordy Vargas for his first of the season and for Vancouver. Keys has been looked at as a breakout candidate so it’s nice to see him display some of the thump he’s been touted for. Pat Gallagher - 1.2 IP, 1 H , 0 ER, 2 K Vancouver (9), Spokane (3) - 4/12 Box Score A strong start for the Canadians as they tacked on 7 runs against Aberto Pacheco, including 3 separate extra base hits in the 2nd. Watts-Brown had another strong start for the first 4.2 IP, and Irv Carter had a decent relief performance after a rough first appearance on April 8th, going 2.1 IP with 3 strikeouts. Aaron Munson finished off the game and the Canadians offense has been clicking, leading the Northwest league in homers. Adrian Pinto - 3-4, 2, R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR, 1 K, 1 SB Pinto has been off to a roaring start, this being his 3rd multi-hit night on the season with a season high of 3. Although his homer looked like a flyout that kept carrying, Pinto’s been hitting the ball hard and showing that his approach can lead to hard contact. He also showed off the wheels today, stealing his first on the season, and he’s been an excellent lead off guy for the Canadians this season. Pinto just needs to show that he can stay on the field, and he easily get promoted to New Hampshire if he continues to hit like this. Arjun Nimmala - 1-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, 1 SB Nimmala also homered today, showing off his ability to pull flyballs. Nimmala again DH’d, so it seems like the Jays are taking it a bit slow to keep him healthier and to get him more at-bats, but it’d be great for him to get more experience out in the field. Juaron Watts-Brown - 4.2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K Juaron Watts-Brown had his second strong start in a row, and he’s been showing much improved command early on walking only 2 batters on the season after walking batters over 13 percent of the time last season. He’s been striking out batters 41% of the time and his slider has been excellent, generating a ton of whiffs. Brown’s frame and history of poor control makes it more likely that he’ll be a reliever, but if he’s found out how to command his pitches he’ll have a shot of making it as a back-end starter for the Jays. Vancouver (7), Spokane (1) - 4/13 Box Score Connor O’Halloran hoped to continue his strong start to the season, but only went 2.2 IPl, with 1 ER and 3 Ks, before being taken out after 37 pitches. The bullpen however didn’t allow a single run after O’Halloran was taken off the bump. The offense continued to have success, with Nimmala, Harry and Ward with 2 hits, and the bottom of the order knocking in 6 runs. Eddie Micheletti Jr. - 1-2, 1 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 HR Micheletti Jr. had strong plate discipline metrics in college, but there were concerns about his ability to hit for power with wood bats. Micheletti Jr. has shown the advanced plate skills, but he’s also been showing a little bit of his power stroke so far. Chay Yeager - 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K Dunedin Blue Jays Dunedin (4), Jupiter (5) - 4/11 Box Score The Hammerheads got off to an early lead, scoring 4 runs off of starter Daniel Guerra by the 4th inning, and the Jays were blanked for the first 7 innings. Both recently acquired Batistas, Edinson and Gilberto pitched 4 solid innings combined to prevent the lead from getting out of control, with the only run given up resulting from an error from third baseman Tucker Toman. The Jays roared back in the top of the 8th with Bryce Arnold breaking the shutout with a 2-run, 100.2 mph homer to left field and then in the 9th, the Jays threatened with the bases loaded and no outs after scoring 2 runs with a large chance of taking the lead back before a flyout and a double play ruined their chances. Bryce Arnold - 1-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 1 HBP Arnold has been one of the more interesting hitters for the Dunedin Jays, where he’s carried a high K rate along with an elevated walk rate and the ability to hit the ball hard. He’s shown all of it in this game, getting on base 3 times including his homer, and also striking out a couple of times. The Jays farm system has a lot of talented infield prospects so it may require some injuries to let Arnold get another crack at High-A like he did last season, but Arnold has been a stellar part of Dunedin’s offense so far. Gilberto Batista - 3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 K Batista had another solid outing in relief mixing up his 3 fastball types and making it hard for hitters to time up. Batista isn’t an overpowering arm sitting in the low 90s with his fastballs, but he’s been effective at getting outs since joining the Jays organization. Dunedin (6), Jupiter (13) - 4/12 Box Score Austin Cates’ second start did not go nearly as well, as he gave up 5 runs in only 2.2 innings pitched while only striking out 1 batter. The rest of the Jays’ pitching did not pitch well either with Flores giving up 2 runs himself in only 1 inning and Christian Mracna only getting 1 out and walking 6 batters and allowing 5 runs. The batters did their best to keep them in the game, but struggled with runners in scoring position going only 2-for-16. Walks were a problem for the Hammerheads again, as they walked 10 batters, but the Jays also walked 13 themselves. Manuel Beltre - 3-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K Beltre has had a great start to the season, and he’s continued that with a 3 hit night. He’s been consistently hitting the ball hard with an average exit velocity of over 88 mph and he’s had a 42.1% hard hit rate on the season. He still doesn’t have the above average raw power so he’ll never be a real big home run hitter, but he’s been hitting the ball across the field with authority and should do well in maximizing the contact he’s making so far. He’s been whiffing pretty consistently and his zone contact rate has been below average which is concerning, but maybe he’s been sacrificing contact ability to hit the ball harder. Javen Coleman - 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 BB, 4 K The crafty lefty has been excellent for the Dunedin Jays, earning Florida State League pitcher of the week. After a shaky first appearance, Coleman hasn’t allowed a run, and struck out 9 batters in only 4.1 innings pitched. He is a little old for the level, being 23 years old and pitching to some teenagers, but as an undrafted free agent he’s been a nice find for the Jays so far. Dunedin (10), Jupiter (2) - 4/13 Box Score The Dunedin offense scored early and often, with 5 runs off starter Luke Lashutka in the 2nd, and 4 runs off the next reliever in the top of the 5th. JR Freethy was great at the top of the order, as he drove 5 runs, and the Dunedin Jays got on base 22 times with 12 hits and 10 walks in total, with solid contributions from Manuel Beltre, Bryce Arnold, and Kendry Chirinos, Jaden Rudd, and Braden Barry. The pitching was also excellent, headlined by starter Trey Yesavage, and Gage Stanifer had his best outing of his young career with a career best 7 strikeouts in relief. Peyton Powell - 2-3, 1, R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 0 K Powell got his first hit of his professional career today as well as his first RBI, getting on base 4 times. Although he played first this game, Powell is listed as a catcher and could see time behind the dish. Gage Stanifer - 4.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K Stanifer achieved a career high in strikeouts, off the back of his high powered sinker, which sat 96 mph. He also showed flashes of a strong power change at around 88 mph, which showed gaudy whiff rates and when hitters did make contact, could not do anything to it. He might be someone to watch rise up the rankings for the Jays farm system. Trey Yesavage - 4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K Yesavage had a much better second start being much more efficient and in control, walking zero batters and completing 4 innings of work with only 55 pitches. His stuff looked solid as per usual, with his splitter generating a 66.7% whiff rate, while also sitting 94 mph with the fastball with good ride again. He should not be long for Dunedin as the weather begins to warm up. FCL Blue Jays No games DSL Blue Jays No games Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Period Pitcher of the Period: RHP Gage Stanifer (Dunedin): 4.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K Hitter of the Period: SS Michael Stefanic (Buffalo): 6-14, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 2B Prospect Summary (Last 3 Days) 1. Arjun Nimmala (Vancouver) - 3-10, 1 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 1 2B 2. Trey Yesavage (Dunedin) - 4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K 3. Ricky Tiedemann (Buffalo) - DNP 4. Orelvis Martinez (Buffalo) - 1-10, 1 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 HR 5. Jake Bloss (Buffalo) - DNP 6. Alan Roden (Toronto) - 2-5, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K 7. Josh Kasevich (Buffalo) - DNP 8. Kendry Rojas (Vancouver) - DNP 9. Khal Stephen (Dunedin) - DNP 10. Charles McAdoo (New Hampshire) - 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 2B, 1 SB 11. Adam Macko (Buffalo) - DNP 12. Landen Maroudis (Dunedin) - DNP 13. Fernando Perez (Vancouver) - DNP 14. Will Wagner (Toronto) - 0-6, 0 BB, 1 K 15. Johnny King (FCL Blue Jays) - DNP 16. Brandon Barriera (Dunedin) - DNP 17. Emmanuel Bonilla (FCL Blue Jays) - DNP 18. Juaron Watts-Brown (Vancouver) - 4.2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K 19. Eddinson Paulino (New Hampshire) - 0-5, 0 BB, 2 K 20. Dahian Santos (New Hampshire) - DNP View full article